Don’t miss barbara jones talking about her new empiric anti-MRSA paper!

Attention #VAStewies with accepted abstracts at SHEA #Decennial2020: Please check your email inboxes! We're collecting info on your posters and talks again this year. RT and help us spread the word. Didn't get the email? Contact @Vanessa_S91

We’re delighted that two of our wonderful team members -Carrie Edlund and Kristina Stratford- we’re recognized with staff excellence awards by University of Utah Department of Internal Medicine this year. We couldn’t agree more! Congratulations!

There is no benefit found in using broad-spectrum antibiotics as initial pneumonia treatment. Research published in JAMA Internal Medicine via Matt Samore, barbara jones VA Salt Lake City IDEAS Center #UofUHealth healthcare.utah.edu/publicaffairs/…

Another successful Salt Lake Stewardship Grand Rounds with @pranita_tamma discussing stewardship opportunities for Gram negative bacteremia. Thanks for making the trip and joining our community of awesome stewards. Eddie Stenehjem @j_suttSLC @TimbrookTT @pillsandskills @Vanessa_S91

Today, after careful consideration and based on recent reports about the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), we are announcing the cancellation of the AMIA 2020 Informatics Summit. #IS20 amia.org/news-and-publi…

Congrats Rich Nelson and colleagues!

New work today! Implementation of interventions to support clinicians in communicating with patients about antibiotics are welcomed. Audit and feedback a more recognized option than a less intuitive shared decision making strategy Jorie Butler VA Antimicrobial Stewardship Research Community bit.ly/3cy5fkK

Electronic health records are supposed to reduce medical errors in hospitals. But they fail to detect up to 33%, study says. David Classen University of Utah Health Research at the U usatoday.com/story/news/hea… via @usatoday

Read all about Angie Fagerlin’s COVID19 work highlighted by VA HSR!

In collaboration with UUEpidemiology, we are recruiting a full time senior data architect! Please see the posting below and spread the word. utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/110735

New publication! Part of a special issue from our team - strong showing from IDEAS Center and Utah Infectious Disease Dynamics. Rich Nelson and I found a magical synergy of math modeling and health economics on this one. Still don't know how we finished this during 2020 chaos. academic.oup.com/cid/article-ab…

Congratulations Turd Ferguson, well-deserved recognition!! We are so fortunate to have you as a colleague.

The Biosurveillance, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Infection Control program is recruiting at University of Utah: Research Associate:utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/11482… Application Systems/Programming Project Lead: utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/11482… Senior Data Architect: utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/11073…

Come work with us! We do exciting work on infectious disease surveillance with awesome people! #Epidemiology #AcademicTwitter IDEAS Center UUEpidemiology

Good Afternoon #VAStewies. Check your inboxes for a fresh edition of the “News from the ROC” newsletter! There’s a piece from Christopher Graber on COVID co-infection, a spotlight of Matt Goetz, and pages (and pages) of pubs and awards.

Hey #VAStewies join us for #ASPchat where we will talk about the joy (and pain) of doing stewardship and stewardship research in large healthcare systems!

The Biosurveillance, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Infection Control (BASIC) program is recruiting a data architect with experience working with large healthcare data. Check it out here: utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/117519

New in CID "Mortality, Length of Stay, and Healthcare Costs Associated With [MDR] Bacterial Infections Among Elderly Hospitalized Patients in the United States" - VA patients <=65 - $781.2 million costs for hospital-onset infections #InfectionPrevention doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…