Improving Short Course Treatment for Common Pediatric Infections: A Randomized Quality Improvement Trial
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
- Enrollment
- 75
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Proportion of cases of CAP and SSTI treated with short course antibiotic treatment
Overview
Brief Summary
Randomized quality improvement trial to improve the proportion of cases of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) treated with no more than 5 days of antibiotics the proportion of cases of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) treated with no more than 7 days of antibiotics by primary care clinicians (PCC) within the Pediatric Physicians' Organization at Children's (PPOC), a state-wide pediatric primary care network. Interventions include education and feedback; clinical decision support (CDS) delivered at the point of care; and the combination of the two.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Proportion of cases of CAP and SSTI treated with short course antibiotic treatment
Time Frame: 3 months
Proportion of cases of CAP and SSTI treated with short course antibiotic treatment (\<=5 days for CAP, \<=7 days for SSTI)
Secondary Outcomes
- Proportion of cases of SSTI treated with short course antibiotic treatment(3 months)
- Proportion of cases of CAP treated with short course antibiotic treatment(3 months)
Investigators
Louis Vernacchio
Director of Research, PPOC
Boston Children's Hospital