Meeting
Abstract Number: 435
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Most patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) can be safely treated with 5-days of antibiotic therapy. However, many are not. We aimed to determine whether a hospitalist-focused collaborative could reduce excessive antibiotic use in patients hospitalized with CAP through a combination of collaboration with antibiotic stewardship, data feedback, pay-for-performance, and sharing best practices. Methods: […]