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Cost Analysis of Computerized Clinical Decision Support and Trainee Financial Incentive for Clostridioides difficile Testing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2018

Gregory R. Madden Open the ORCID record for Gregory R. Madden [Opens in a new window] ,
Heather L. Cox ,
Melinda D. Poulter ,
Jason A. Lyman ,
Kyle B. Enfield Open the ORCID record for Kyle B. Enfield [Opens in a new window]  and
Costi D. Sifri Open the ORCID record for Costi D. Sifri [Opens in a new window]
Gregory R. Madden
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases & International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
Heather L. Cox
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases & International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia Department of Pharmacy Services, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
Melinda D. Poulter
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
Jason A. Lyman
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
Kyle B. Enfield
Affiliation:
Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
Costi D. Sifri*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases & International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia Office of Hospital Epidemiology/Infection Prevention & Control, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
*
Author for correspondence: Costi D. Sifri, Division of Infectious Diseases & International Health, University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 800473, Charlottesville, VA 22908–0473. E-mail: csifri@virginia.edu
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 2 , February 2019 , pp. 242 - 244
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© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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PREVIOUS PRESENTATION: Data from this study were presented in part as an abstract at the 2018 Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America meeting on April 19, 2018, in Portland, Oregon (abstract #327).

Cite this article: Madden GR et al. (2019) Cost analysis of computerized clinical decision support and trainee financial incentive for Clostridioides difficile testing. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 2019, 40, 242–244. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.300

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