United Hospital Fund sponsored a grant-funded initiative to support a learning collaborative that involved New York area hospitals and health systems working to improve outpatient antibiotic prescribing practices. In Phase II of the UHF grant-funded Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative, the seven participating health care institutions and 34 outpatient practices were able to bring down overall antibiotic prescribing rates for upper respiratory infections by 5 percentage points.
In the linked videos below, participants Luigi Tullo, MD, of MediSys Health Network, Jonathan Arend, MD, of Mt. Sinai Health System, and George Rodriguez, PharmD, of NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, discuss the antibiotic stewardship practices they have implemented, lessons learned, and next steps for their institution.
