The AAMC has announced it will reach out to hospitals and health systems already engaged in the effort as well as those looking for guidance to swap ideas and best practices.
“Academic medicine wants to improve the quality of care whenever possible,” said Mary Wheatley, AAMC director of quality and physician payment policies. “As an association, we can share what others are doing and providing.”
Additionally, AAMC will facilitate discussions on antibiotic resistance at various professional meetings, as well as share educational materials with its member institutions and teaching hospitals and encourage the development of innovative antibiotic resistant programs.
The association also encourages institutions that have creative antibiotic resistance programs to apply to AAMC Clinical Care Innovation Challenge when the application period opens early this fall.
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