Patent ID: 7853407

Claim:
A method for establishing at least one preferred antibiotic regimen for a patient and improving an antibiotic administration regimen at a healthcare facility, wherein the method comprises the steps of: (a) obtaining data regarding patients at the healthcare facility; (b) processing via one or more suitably programmed computer processing systems the data obtained in step (a) to identify a patient at the healthcare facility for whom at least one preferred antibiotic regimen is to be established; (c) processing via the one or more suitably programmed computer processing systems the results obtained from steps (a) and (b) to establish a recommended antibiotic regimen for the patient, (d) presenting by the one or more suitably programmed computer processing systems a report for review by a multidisciplinary team, wherein the report comprises the recommended antibiotic regimen for the patient; wherein the multidisciplinary team comprises at least two members selected from the group consisting of: an infectious diseases specialist, an infectious diseases-trained pharmacist, a microbiology laboratory liaison, an infection control liaison, and a nursing services liaison, wherein at least one member is a non-physician; (e) repeating steps (a) through (d); wherein the repeating step (e) further comprises: (i) review of the recommended antibiotic regimen for establishing the at least one preferred antibiotic regimen; and (ii) review of the report for consideration in improving the antibiotic administration regimen at the health care facility; and (f) communicating the result from step (e) to a clinician who will administer the at least one preferred antibiotic regimen to the patient, via a predetermined preferred communication modality.