Association Between Antibiotic Prescribing for Respiratory Tract Infections and Patient Satisfaction in Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine

Kathryn A Martinez; Mark Rood; Nikhyl Jhangiani; Lei Kou; Adrienne Boissy; Michael B Rothberg

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.4318

Association Between Antibiotic Prescribing for Respiratory Tract Infections and Patient Satisfaction in Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine

JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Nov 1;178(11):1558-1560. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.4318.

Authors

Kathryn A Martinez¹, Mark Rood², Nikhyl Jhangiani³, Lei Kou⁴, Adrienne Boissy⁵, Michael B Rothberg¹

Affiliations

¹ Center for Value-Based Care Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Department of Family Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
³ Information Technology Division, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁴ Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁵ Office of Patient Experience, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

Abstract

This study assesses the association between antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections and satisfaction ratings among patients using a direct-to-consumer telemedicine platform.

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Drug Prescriptions
Humans
Inappropriate Prescribing
Patient Satisfaction*
Practice Patterns, Physicians'*
Respiratory Tract Infections / drug therapy*
Telemedicine*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents