King Abby, Cresswell Kathrin M, Coleman Jamie J, Pontefract Sarah K, Slee Ann, Williams Robin, Sheikh Aziz
1 Centre of Medical Informatics, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9YL, UK.
2 School of Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
J R Soc Med. 2017 Aug;110(8):320-329. doi: 10.1177/0141076817722049. Epub 2017 Jul 21.
Antimicrobial resistance is now recognised as a threat to health worldwide. Antimicrobial stewardship aims to promote the responsible use of antibiotics and is high on international and national policy agendas. Health information technology has the potential to support antimicrobial stewardship in a number of ways, but this field is still poorly characterised and understood. Building on a recent systematic review and expert roundtable discussions, we take a lifecycle perspective of antibiotic use in hospitals and identify potential targets for health information technology-based interventions to support antimicrobial stewardship. We aim for this work to help chart a future research agenda in this critically important area.
抗菌药物耐药性现已被公认为对全球健康的一种威胁。抗菌药物管理旨在促进抗生素的合理使用,在国际和国家政策议程中占据重要地位。卫生信息技术有潜力通过多种方式支持抗菌药物管理,但这一领域仍缺乏充分的特征描述和理解。基于最近的一项系统综述和专家圆桌讨论,我们从医院抗生素使用的生命周期角度出发,确定基于卫生信息技术的干预措施的潜在目标,以支持抗菌药物管理。我们希望这项工作有助于绘制这一至关重要领域的未来研究议程。