The goal of this implementation project is to detail the process of implementing the best practice of antibiotic stewardship in the pediatric population across the Intermountain Health medical system. The main questions it aims to answer are: * How can a large healthcare system drive high adherence to antibiotic stewardship across a large and diverse number of sites? * How do determinants of implementation and needed strategies vary by context? * What is the utility of a higher-resource implementation effort (named "Boost) focusing on outlier sites? Data will be collected on number of children reached, adherence changes over time, types of implementation strategies employed, and characteristics of sites, prescribers, and patients.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
259,000
o facilitate improved adherence to guideline-based prescribing, we plan a variety of implementation strategies to be employed in tandem including training \& education, EMR tools (e.g., Smart sets, express lanes, preference lists), audit and feedback reports and dashboards, and facilitation.
Guideline-adherent Broad vs. Narrow Spectrum Antibiotic Prescribing
Rates of narrow-spectrum antibiotic (AB) prescriptions as a proportion of all antibiotics prescribed in aggregate and within each of these diagnoses: Acute otitis media, Group A streptococcal pharyngitis, Acute sinusitis, and Pneumonia.
Time frame: Baseline month adherence and post implementation (12 months). Maintenance period is 6 months post implementation.
Guideline-adherent Duration of Antimicrobial Therapy
Rate of AB prescriptions with guideline-adherent number of days prescribed as proportion of all AB prescriptions in aggregate and for each of the target ARTI diagnoses.
Time frame: Baseline month adherence and post implementation (12 months). Maintenance period is 6 months post implementation.
Rate of Treatment Failure
Clinical encounter for the same diagnosis between 2 and 14 days following the index encounter and receipt of an alternative antibiotic for the same respiratory diagnosis during the return visit.
Time frame: Baseline month adherence and post implementation (12 months). Maintenance period is 6 months post implementation
Adoption (Staff): Adherence to Protocols
Number and proportion of prescribers who are "adherent" to guideline-based prescribing protocols for Broad vs. Narrow Spectrum AB Prescribing, and Duration.
Time frame: Baseline month adherence and post implementation (12 months). Maintenance period is 6 months post implementation
Adoption (Organization): Adherence to Protocols
Number and proportion of sites where 60% of prescribers are adherent.
Time frame: Baseline month adherence and post implementation (12 months). Maintenance period is 6 months post implementation.
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