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. 2025 Dec 15;12(12):ofaf703.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf703. eCollection 2025 Dec.

Infectious Diseases Telehealth Outcomes and Opportunities for Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Patients Discharged From 18 Small Community Hospitals

John J Veillette  1   2 , Stephanie S May  1   2 , Nick Tinker  1   2 , Cecily Lucero  3 , Erin Stahl  4 , Jennifer Townsend  1   3 , S Kyle Throneberry  1   3 , Todd J Vento  1   3 , Stephanie S Gelman  1   3 , Allison M Butler  5 , Brandon J Webb  3
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Infectious Diseases Telehealth Outcomes and Opportunities for Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Patients Discharged From 18 Small Community Hospitals

John J Veillette et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Infectious diseases telehealth (IDt) management of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) across 18 small community hospitals was associated with similar rates of OPAT failure, lower rates of clinical failure and mortality, and higher likelihood of inpatient source control procedure compared to OPAT managed by other services. IDt program expansion might further improve care.

Keywords: OPAT; community hospitals; infectious diseases; tele-OPAT; telehealth.

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Conflict of interest statement

Potential conflicts of interest. All authors: No reported conflicts. Patient consent statement. This study was approved by the Intermountain Health Institutional Review Board (IRB) and was designated exempt from patient consent as a quality improvement project with less than minimal risk.

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