Impact of Virtual Care on Outpatient Urinary Tract Infection Management.

Objective: To examine the effect of virtual care on urine testing, antibiotic prescription patterns, and outcomes of care in urinary tract infection (UTI) management.

Methods: We conducted retrospective analysis of adults treated for UTI in an ambulatory setting across a large health system from March 2020-2021. Outcomes included urine testing, antibiotic prescription, and retreatment or hospitalization, stratified by in-person vs virtual visit.

Use of automated reminder letters to improve diabetes management in primary care: outcomes of a quality improvement initiative.

Background: Effective management of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) can be time-consuming and costly. One patient-centred quality improvement strategy is to generate reminder letters to prompt patient action(s), but this strategy's effect on DM outcomes is uncertain.

Aim: To determine whether using the electronic medical record to automatically generate reminder letters for patients not meeting recommended DM targets is associated with improvement in practice level quality metrics for DM management.