As a world leader in telemedicine-enabled infectious diseases (ID) care, antimicrobial stewardship, and infection prevention & control, ID Connect shared valuable insights at IDWeek™ 2023, the premier conference for leaders in ID, held Oct. 11-15 in Boston, Mass. The annual conference attracts nearly 10,000 attendees each year.
Speakers and topics included:
Rima Abdel Massih, M.D.
President & Chief Executive Officer
ID Compensation Negotiation Update: It’s About Time (and Value)
Faculty
What an ID Physician Needs to Know: Value-Based Arrangements
Speaker
Erin K. McCreary, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP
Director of Stewardship Innovation, Infectious Disease Connect; Director of Infectious Diseases Improvement and Clinical Research Innovation, UPMC; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Best Practices for Antibiotic Stewardship Programs
Workshop Moderator
Mind Over Matter: Cefazolin for Treatment of CNS Infections
Speaker
Treatment Conundrums: Not Always Black and White
Faculty
A multicenter, observational study to compare the effectiveness of Ceftazidime-Avibactam versus Ceftolozane-Tazobactam for multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in the United States (CACTUS)
Panelist
Matthew Davis, PharmD
Director of Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Services
Impact of a Tele-Stewardship and Tele-Infection Prevention Program on Hospital-Onset Clostridiodes Difficile Rates in a Community Three-Hospital Health System
Lead author, poster presenter
Diana Zhong, M.D., MHS
Infectious Diseases Specialist
Out-BREAK! – an ID Escape Room
Co-creator and organizer
Making Antimicrobials Cool Again: Antibiotic Education for Medical Students and Residents
Moderator
Escape Room: Learning ID the Fun Way
Panelist
Jasan Jawanda, M.D.
Infectious Diseases Specialist
Impact of Rapid Identification and Resistance Gene Detection using an Algorithm-Based Approach in Gram-Negative Bacteremia
Lead author, poster presenter
IDWeek™ uniquely unites infectious diseases clinicians, investigators, and infection preventionists to explore current developments in the field of Infectious Diseases (ID). Sponsored by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, HIV Medicine Association, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, and the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists, this annual meeting bridges the fields of real-world ID clinical practice and research.
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