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Compass for antibiotic stewardship: using a digital tool to improve guideline adherence and drive clinician behaviour for appendicitis treatment in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Background Antibiotic stewardship in the ED is important given the increasing prevalence of multidrug resistance associated with poorer patient outcomes. We reformatted a clinical guideline and disseminated it using our ED’s clinical decision support system (CDSS), E*Drive. to 21.41)).

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AI May Allow Physicians To Regain Their Humanity

ACEP Now

Emergency medicine (EM) is a team-based specialty, where a diverse group works together to rapidly deliver acute, unscheduled patient care. In contrast to traditional teams that have the luxury of time for their members to build rapport, teams in the emergency department (ED) change every day. Harvard professor Amy C.