Report Cards for Outpatient Antimicrobial Prescribing

Can a ‘report card' tame excessive prescriptions of antibiotics in outpatient settings? In this episode Dr. Wall with guest Josh Yost, MD, FACP will evaluate a paper that looked at using 'report cards' on antibiotic use and its impact on outpatient prescribing.Guest:W. John Yost, MD, FACPUnityPoint HealthEarn CME or CPE credit here!References and resources: Schwartz KL, Ivers N, Langford BJ, et al. Effect of Antibiotic-Prescribing Feedback to High-Volume Primary Care Physicians on Number of Antibiotic Prescriptions: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. Published online July 06, 2021. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.2790Continuing Education Information:Learning Objectives:1. Discuss the implementation of a report card to educate primary care providers on overuse of antibiotics2. Discuss issues related to implementation of the study methods to other health systems and the potential costs that could be saved in doing so0.05 CEU | 0.5 HrsACPE UAN: 0107-0000-21-306-H01-PInitial release date: 9/7/21Expiration date: 9/7/22Dr. Yost reports no actual or potential conflicts of interest associated with this activity.Complete CPE & CME details can be found here.What's new?GameChangers Pharmacotherapy Podcast will release new episodes on Mondays starting 10/18/2021We are making it easier to claim CE Credit for listening each week! This October - we'll launch a simple, one membership option so you can get one-click CE redemption for GameChangers episodes.  Name changes! You'll notice the podcast show will change to CEimpact - you'll still get new GameChangers episodes released each week on Mondays. Keep listening here and your feed will automatically switch over to CEimpact on 10/18.Follow CEimpact on Social Media:LinkedInInstagram