February 2024 AR Telemedicine Articles
The NYSDOH Bureau of Healthcare Associated Infections is pleased to highlight several articles on antibiotic stewardship in telemedicine, plus an opportunity for telemedicine providers to enroll in a quality improvement project slated to start early summer, 2024. Please feel free to share. Enjoy your reading!
January 2024:
Quality Improvement Project Opportunity:
- AHRQ Safety Program for Telemedicine:
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is recruiting urgent care, primary care, and telemedicine practices to participate in the AHRQ Safety Program for Telemedicine: Improving Antibiotic Use. This free 18-month program which begins in June 2024, seeks to promote appropriate antibiotic use while maintaining patient satisfaction and reducing potential side effects in patents seen via telemedicine. Enrollment forms must be submitted by May 23, 2024. To learn more about the program, and for enrollment information, please click on the following link:
https://safetyprogram4telemedicine.org/page/home
Telemedicine Articles:
- Telehealth policy changes after the COVID-19 public health emergency
- The Emerging Role of Telehealth in Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Systematic Review and Perspective. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8713008/
- Pilot implementation of a telemedicine care bundle: Antimicrobial stewardship, patient satisfaction, clinician satisfaction, and usability in patients with sinusitis https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1357633X231221586
- Antibiotic Stewardship in Outpatient Telemedicine: Adapting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Core Elements to Optimize Antibiotic Use. Telemedicine and e-health. Ahead of print https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2023.0229
- Research agenda for antibiotic stewardship within the Veterans’ Health Administration, 2024-2028.
Warm regards,
Bureau of Healthcare Associated Infections
