Computers and the Quality of Care — A Clinician's Perspective

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Abstract
This issue of the Journal contains a report by Evans and his colleagues at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City that describes a computer-assisted management program for antiinfective agents.1 At face value, this program helps physicians to manage infections, prescribe antimicrobial agents appropriately, care for patients in an intensive care setting, prevent adverse drug reactions, and lower hospital costs. Yet the message goes deeper; this is a report on a clinician-directed program that uses a computerized support system as a tool to improve patients' outcomes and the quality of care. However, the system for quality improvement at LDS Hospital is . . .