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. 2014 Jul;35(7):891-3.
doi: 10.1086/676870. Epub 2014 May 15.

Survey of infection prevention informatics use and practitioner satisfaction in US hospitals

Max Masnick  1 , Daniel J Morgan, Marc-Oliver Wright, Michael Y Lin, Lisa Pineles, Anthony D Harris; SHEA Research Network
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Survey of infection prevention informatics use and practitioner satisfaction in US hospitals

Max Masnick et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Jul.

Abstract

We surveyed hospital epidemiologists and infection preventionists on their usage of and satisfaction with infection prevention-specific software supplementing their institution's electronic medical record. Respondents with supplemental software were more satisfied with their software's infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship capabilities than those without. Infection preventionists were more satisfied than hospital epidemiologists.

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Potential conflicts of interest. M.-O.W. reports that he is a member of the advisory board for IC Net Systems (a paid position) and is a member of Epic’s Brain Trust for IC development (an unpaid position). All other authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. All authors submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest, and the conflicts that the editors consider relevant to this article are disclosed here.

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User-reported satisfaction with infection control capabilities of software, as reported by supplemental infection prevention software (SIPS) users and non-SIPS users, for all respondents and stratified by respondent profession (1, low satisfaction; 10, high satisfaction). Whiskers represent the range of the responses with 1.5 interquartile ranges of the median. Circles represent responses outside this range.
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