United Hospital Fund Expands its Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative
United Hospital Fund announced today that it is launching Stage II of its Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative to improve antibiotic prescribing for outpatients across New York City, working with seven hospitals and health systems encompassing 35 outpatient practices.
In Stage I of the Outpatient Initiative, started in February 2016 with $310,000 in UHF funding, data was collected from 31 clinics across nine health systems in New York City, revealing considerable variation in prescribing practices for adult patients with acute respiratory infections (ARIs), even within a single health system. UHF has committed an additional $300,000 to Stage II of the Initiative, which will build on this data to develop best practices for antibiotic use for ARIs...