Electronic Health Records Could Reduce Unnecessary Prescriptions

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Dublin, OH (prHWY.com) August 29, 2012 - Dublin, Ohio - Utilizing electronic health records (EHRs) to keep doctors informed of infections in their community could help reduce the number of unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions, according to a study published this month in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Researchers studied EHRs documenting 28,000 patients who saw one of 69 doctors at NorthShore University Health System in Evanston, Illinois during flu season from 2006-2011. The doctors prescribed antibiotics for patients complaining of a fever and cough or cold symptoms about 45% of the time. The problem with this practice is that many respiratory infections are in actuality caused by viruses. Not only do antibiotics fail to provide benefits to these patients, they could even cause adverse outcomes. You can learn more about medications and their effects on various illnesses by speaking with an Ohio insurance agent.

As many people are aware, viruses also cause strains of the flu. Viruses cannot be eradicated by antibiotics. Researchers noticed patterns that suggested doctors may have been influenced against prescribing antibiotics at certain times by knowledge of flu outbreaks in the local area, as the percentage of antibiotic prescriptions dropped during these periods. This trend was one of the factors behind researchers' conclusion that developing a tool that uses data from EHRs to alert doctors to illnesses and symptoms in their community may help reduce instances of unnecessary antibiotic prescribing among Ohio insurance providers.

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