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Survey of Infection Prevention Informatics Use and Practitioner Satisfaction in US Hospitals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Max Masnick
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Daniel J. Morgan
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Veterans Affairs Maryland Healthcare System, Baltimore, Maryland
Marc-Oliver Wright
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois
Michael Y. Lin
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Lisa Pineles
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Anthony D. Harris*
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
SHEA Research Network
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
*
685 West Baltimore Street MSTF 330, Baltimore, MD 21201 ([email protected]).

Extract

We surveyed hospital epidemiologists and infection preventionists on their usage of and satisfaction with infection prevention–specific software supplementing their institution’s electronic medical record. Respondents with supplemental software were more satisfied with their software’s infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship capabilities than those without. Infection preventionists were more satisfied than hospital epidemiologists.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014;35(7):891–893

Type
Concise Communication
Copyright
© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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