ReviewAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2020
E-Health Tools to Improve Antibiotic Use and Resistances: A Systematic Review.
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- Barriers, facilitators, and opportunities for hospital antimicrobial stewardship in low and lower middle - income countries in the Eastern Mediterranean region: results from a mixed methods study.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2025Article
- Electronic Clinical Decision Support Tools to Manage Patients with Lower Respiratory Tract Infection: Clinicians' Perspectives in Sri Lanka.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
- Antibiotic stewardship through clinical data digitization: perceived opportunities and obstructions by medical doctors from semi-urban setting in central India.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
- Tackling antibiotic resistance-insights from eHealthResp's educational interventions.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2024Article
- Decision support systems for antibiotic prescription in hospitals: a survey with hospital managers on factors for implementation.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2024Article
- The Effectiveness of Interactive Dashboards to Optimise Antibiotic Prescribing in Primary Care: A Systematic Review.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Antibiotic prescription using a digital decision support system: a register-based study of patients with hard-to-heal ulcers in Sweden.BMJ open · 2022Article
- eHealthResp, a Digital Intervention to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing in Respiratory Infections: A Pilot Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Improving Pharmacists' Awareness of Inadequate Antibiotic Use for URTIs through an Educational Intervention: A Pilot Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Clinical Decision Support Systems for Antibiotic Prescribing: An Inventory of Current French Language Tools.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Comparing Hospital and Primary Care Physicians' Attitudes and Knowledge Regarding Antibiotic Prescribing: A Survey within the Centre Region of Portugal.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- E-Health Tools to Improve Antibiotic Use and Resistances: A Systematic Review.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
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Abstract
(1) Background: e-Health tools, especially in the form of clinical decision support systems (CDSSs), have been emerging more quickly than ever before. The main objective of this systematic review is to assess the influence of these tools on antibiotic use for respiratory tract infections. (2) Methods: The scientific databases, MEDLINE-PubMed and EMBASE, were searched. The search was conducted by two independent researchers. The search strategy was mainly designed to identify relevant studies on the effectiveness of CDSSs in improving antibiotic use, as a primary outcome, and on the acceptability and usability of CDSSs, as a secondary outcome. (3) Results: After the selection, 22 articles were included. The outcomes were grouped either into antibiotics prescription practices or adherence to guidelines concerning antibiotics prescription. Overall, 15 out of the 22 studies had statistically significant outcomes related to the interventions. (4) Conclusions: Overall, the results show a positive impact on the prescription and conscientious use of antibiotics for respiratory tract infections, both with respect to patients and prescribing healthcare professionals. CDSSs have been shown to have great potential as powerful tools for improving both clinical care and patient outcomes.
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