Epic OPAT order set review
Abstract:
We evaluated an Epic-based outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) order set to assess its impact on clinical workflows and analytics. Free text, missing structured fields, and lack of microbiology linkage made it difficult to track care, monitor safety, and analyze outcomes, highlighting essential design requirements for OPAT system rebuilds.
Reference:Alsafadi MY, Patel S, Finch N, Tsai S, Hoffmann W. Operational and data-integrity limitations of a system-wide Epic OPAT order set: a three-year cohort analysis. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2026 May 21;6(1):e149. doi: 10.1017/ash.2026.10402. PMID: 42199704; PMCID: PMC13199411.