Enhancing Patient Education of Antimicrobial Side Effects at Discharge
Start Date
5-15-2025 9:30 AM
End Date
5-15-2025 11:30 AM
Description
Background
Problem: Patients discharged from the hospital on antimicrobial agents often receive insufficient education about potential side effects that warrant medical attention(1). We identified a critical gap in patient communication and safety that occurred during discharge at a large urban academic center.
Stakeholders
- Patients
- Physicians
- Nurses
- Pharmacists
- Outpatient providers
- Nurse practitioners
- Physician assistants
Objective: This project aimed to utilize a multidisciplinary team to:
- Quantify a gap in patient education
- Create an interactive navigator- which would not rely on provider memory and automatically include relevant information in patient discharge paperwork
- Implement within 3 months into the EPIC system
- Measure the effect on patients receiving specific educational materials upon discharge in the 2-3 months following implementation
- Identify goals for further improvement
Keywords
patient education, QA/QI, antibiotics
Enhancing Patient Education of Antimicrobial Side Effects at Discharge
Background
Problem: Patients discharged from the hospital on antimicrobial agents often receive insufficient education about potential side effects that warrant medical attention(1). We identified a critical gap in patient communication and safety that occurred during discharge at a large urban academic center.
Stakeholders
- Patients
- Physicians
- Nurses
- Pharmacists
- Outpatient providers
- Nurse practitioners
- Physician assistants
Objective: This project aimed to utilize a multidisciplinary team to:
- Quantify a gap in patient education
- Create an interactive navigator- which would not rely on provider memory and automatically include relevant information in patient discharge paperwork
- Implement within 3 months into the EPIC system
- Measure the effect on patients receiving specific educational materials upon discharge in the 2-3 months following implementation
- Identify goals for further improvement
Comments
Presented at the 2025 Jefferson Health Equity and Quality Improvement (HEQI) Summit.