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Osteomyelitis — Goals and Metrics — Clinical Pathway: Emergency and Inpatient

Osteomyelitis Clinical Pathway — Emergency Department and Inpatient

Goals

  • Ensure timely clinical and radiographic diagnosis of acute osteomyelitis
  • Standardize approach to imaging and lab frequency
  • Standardize indications for surgical management or biopsy
  • Standardize antibiotic treatment for pediatric osteomyelitis
  • Establish a clear multidisciplinary follow-up plan for infectious diseases and orthopedics

Metrics

  • Reduce delay in diagnosis
  • Reduce time from presentation to MRI
  • Improve the initiation of appropriate antibiotics based on pathway recommendations
  • Reduce length of stay in both emergency department and inpatient settings
  • Reduce return to emergency department and/or readmission rates for patients discharged with osteomyelitis

 

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