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Team approach greatly reduces inappropriate PPI use
Key clinical point: A multidisciplinary, patient-centered approach can dramatically reduce inappropriate use of proton pump inhibitors.
Major finding: Inappropriate proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use decreased from 80% to 30%.
Study details: A quality improvement study conducted in the internal medicine department of a tertiary care safety net hospital in New York.
Disclosures: The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health. The investigators reported no conflicts of interest.
Citation:
Nallapeta N et al. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2020 Feb 14. doi: 10.1097/MCG.0000000000001317.