Tune in to hear our hosts Nicki Shorr and Jessie Swain talk with Dr. Valerie Vaughn about partnering to reduce overuse of antibiotics when patients are discharged.

Guest: 

Valerie Vaughn, MD, MSc

Article:

Reducing Overuse of Antibiotics at Discharge Home: A Single-Center Mixed Methods Pilot Study

https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(21)00761-6/fulltext

Authors:

Daniel L. Giesler, MD, PharmD
Sarah Krein, PhD, RN
Adamo Brancaccio, PharmD
Daraoun Mashrah, PharmD
David Ratz, MS
Teial Gandhi, MD
Linda Bashaw
Jennifer Horowitz, MA
Valerie Vaughn, MD, MSc

Dr. Valerie Vaughn

Dr. Valerie Vaughn is an Assistant Professor and Director of Hospital Medicine Research at the University of Utah. Her research focuses on improving the safety of hospitalized patients by combating healthcare associated infections and reducing antibiotic overuse, particularly during transitions of care. As a practicing hospitalist, she works to understand the role hospitalists play in inappropriate antibiotic use related to common infections such as pneumonia and urinary tract infection. She is the hospitalist lead for an initiative to improve antibiotic use within the Michigan Hospital Medicine Safety Consortium.