Infectious Diseases Telehealth Outcomes and Opportunities for Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Patients Discharged From 18 Small Community Hospitals
Infectious diseases telehealth (IDt) management of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) across 18 small community hospitals was associated with similar rates of OPAT failure, lower rates of clinical failure and mortality, and higher likelihood of inpatient source control procedure compared to OPAT managed by other services. IDt program expansion might further improve care.
Authors
- Stephanie S. Gelman
- S Kyle Throneberry
- Jennifer Townsend (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7587-3493)
- Stephanie S May (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-2592)
- Brandon Webb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1799-3315)
- John J Veillette (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7662-7609)
- Todd J. Vento (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9834-5426)
- Nick Tinker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7573-432X)
- Erin D. Stahl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3951-1700)
- Allison Butler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1388-1612)
- Claudia Lucero
Institutions
- Intermountain Healthcare (US)
- Intermountain Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf703
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00