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E. Eugene Beyt, Jr, MD

JAMA. 1986;256(8):1042.

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Two of the most interesting and hotly debated topics in hospital epidemiology are the methods of surveillance and prevention of hospital-acquired infections and the programs needed to assess and ensure the appropriateness of antimicrobial therapy. In this battle to reduce infection rates and change antimicrobial prescribing patterns, improving the quality of care and decreasing health care costs, Evans and co-workers¹ report in this issue of THE JOURNAL a computer monitoring system.

In the past, hospital information systems have been designed largely around the data management needs of administrative services, scheduling, accounting, order entry, and laboratory and radiology results. As hospital information systems expand and include clinical information, decision support systems have been developed.² The vast amount of patient data stored in a hospital information system, now accompanied by increasing amounts of clinical information, provides a storehouse of applicable information related to the areas of hospital infection control and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Louisiana State University Medical Center Lafayette

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