Resources & Tools
- Review HMS site reports(hard copy distributed at collaborative wide meetings and live reports available daily via the HMS data entry system) for the following:
- Treatment of Questionable Pneumonia with Antibiotics
- Types of Reports Available via HMS Registry: Hospital Specific, Provider Group Specific(i.e., hospitalist v. emergency room physician), or Provider Specific
- HMS Guideline:
- CAP Pocket Card
- Consider modifying to poster size for posting in workrooms
- HMS Pneumonia Categorization Resource
- Institutional Guideline Examples:
- CAP Guideline Example with signs/symptoms of pneumonia included (Trinity Health Ann Arbor)
- Example Questionable Pneumonia Fallout Letter for sending to providers (adapted from Trinity Health Ann Arbor)
- Information regarding the National Quality Forum/Battelle-endorsed national quality measure surrounding Inappropriate Diagnosis of Community-Acquired Pneumonia
- CDC Poster: Do You Need Antibiotics?
- Diagnostic Error and Antibiotic Use in Patients Hospitalized with Presumed Pneumonia Training Video
- Presentations (For HMS Members - Additional authentication may be required):
- Presentation by Dr. Ashwin Gupta (HMS) and Dr. Anu Malani (Trinity Health Ann Arbor) at the March 12, 2024 Virtual HMS Collaborative Wide Meeting: Antimicrobial Use and Diagnostic Excellence in Questionable Pneumonia - To Treat or Not To Treat?
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