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The term “knowledge translation” refers to the incorporation of evidence-based information into practice, and various techniques can be used for this purpose. These authors evaluated the effect of weekly e-mail feedback on practitioner compliance with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) guideline (at the time of the study) that patients with community-acquired pneumonia receive antibiotics within 4 hours of arrival.
Every week for 11 months, a single nurse administrator reviewed the charts of all emergency department patients who were admitted with a diagnosis of pneumonia. Weekly e-mails were sent to all ED nurses, midlevel providers, and physicians with a list of individual practitioners and their compliance with the guide…