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. 2019 Jan;34(1):31-32.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4659-4.

Use of Computerized Clinical Decision Support for Diagnostic Stewardship in Clostridioides difficile testing: an Academic Hospital Quasi-Experimental Study

Anne E Friedland  1 , Sara Brown  1 , Danielle R Glick  1 , Martha C Lusby  1 , Daniel Lemkin  2 , Surbhi Leekha  3
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Use of Computerized Clinical Decision Support for Diagnostic Stewardship in Clostridioides difficile testing: an Academic Hospital Quasi-Experimental Study

Anne E Friedland et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: Clostridium difficile; clinical decision support; diagnostic stewardship; overdiagnosis.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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