Online Commentary Use and Antimicrobial Prescribing. Abstract, Executive Summaryand Final Report

摘要

Online commentary is talk that describes what a physician s seeing, feeling, orhearing during physical examination of the patient. Preliminary research suggests that this communication technique might aid physicians in avoiding inappropriate antibiotic prescribing. The objectives of the report are to examine the relationship between online commentary use and the physician's prescribing decision. Pre-visit and post-visit survey of parents, post-visit survey of physicians, and audiotaping of encounters were reviewed.