Boiling Over: The Antimicrobial Stewardship Stew May Finally Be Ready

Antimicrobial stewardship.

Antimicrobial resistance is increasing; however, antimicrobial drug development is slowing. Now more than ever before, antimicrobial stewardship is of the utmost importance as a way to optimize the use of antimicrobials to prevent the development of resistance and improve patient outcomes. This review describes the why, what, who, how, when, and where of antimicrobial stewardship. Techniques of...

Antimicrobial stewardship

Antimicrobial stewardship is an emerging field currently defined by a series of strategies and interventions aimed toward improving appropriate prescription of antibiotics in humans in all healthcare settings. The ultimate goal is the preservation of current and future antibiotics against the threat of antimicrobial resistance, although improving patient safety and reducing healthcare costs are...

HCFA's outpatient PPS: finally ready to roll?

Nonlocality – the Party May Be Over!

We demonstrate that the phenomenon known as Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion is really an amplification, in a nonlinear crystal pumped by a laser, of certain pairs of modes of the electromagnetic zeropoint field. The demonstration is achieved by showing the existence of a related phenomenon, Spontaneous Parametric Up Conversion. This phenomenon, once observed, will cast doubt on the quant...

Getting Ready for Success: May Alignment Be of Help?

What is the role of organizational readiness and IT business alignment in the adoption process of an ITsupported interorganizational linkage (IOL)? In this paper, we claim that achieving a proper level of organizational readiness is crucial for the successful adoption of IOL. We thus focus on intraorganizational factors that potentially impact the effectiveness of preparatory activities towards...