BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2025
Evaluating antimicrobial prescriptions in primary health care across an entire Brazilian city through the analysis of electronic medical records: where public health and data science converge.
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Maita Ana R C, Oikawa Marcio K, Oliveira Vítor Falcão de, Prado Viviane Aparecida Marto do, Pereira Robson, Xavier Gabriela T O, Matos Maria Laura Mariano de, Manuli Erika Regina, Salvi Lucia H A R, Conde Monica Tilli Reis Pessoa, Padoveze Maria Clara, Razzolini Maria Tereza, Scaccia Nazareno, Oliveira Maura Salaroli de, Boszczowski Ícaro, Sequeira Cibele Cristine Remondes, Zetone Graspan Regina Maura, Leal Fabio Eudes, Sabino Ester Cerdeira, Holmes Alison, Costa Silvia Figueiredo, Levin Anna S, Nunes Fátima L S, CAMO-Net Brazil Study Group
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BACKGROUND: Exploring records from entire cities to make decisions, particularly within public health systems, remains challenging.
METHODS: This study investigates the public health data of São Caetano do Sul (SCS), in Brazil, to uncover patterns of antimicrobial prescriptions for infectious diseases using electronic health system records from primary care. Data science techniques such as preprocessing, transformation, loading, and analytics were also applied to achieve this goal.
RESULTS: From January to September 2023, a total of 575,616 records of medical appointments were analyzed, and 67,023 patients underwent one or more medical appointments of which 16,572 had infectious diagnoses. There were 7,938 prescriptions of antimicrobials for infections of which the most frequent were upper respiratory infections (37%), gingivitis/periodontal disease (20%), and urinary tract infections (9%). The most frequently prescribed antimicrobials were amoxicillin (23%), azithromycin (15%), amoxicillin/clavulanate (13%), ciprofloxacin (11%), and cephalexin (11%). A preliminary evaluation of the data highlighted several points for targeted interventions, as well as challenges in obtaining certain information. For instance, some infections lacked documented antimicrobial treatment, while others were managed with medications not considered first-line options.
CONCLUSION: Implementing a system that can extract data directly from electronic records and automatically present it in a logical and relevant way to health professionals-including policymakers and administrators-would enable the identification of potential problems, the planning of interventions to improve antimicrobial use, and the monitoring of their impact. Our findings highlight opportunities to improve antimicrobial prescribing through data-driven tracking, analysis, and feedback mechanisms.
METHODS: This study investigates the public health data of São Caetano do Sul (SCS), in Brazil, to uncover patterns of antimicrobial prescriptions for infectious diseases using electronic health system records from primary care. Data science techniques such as preprocessing, transformation, loading, and analytics were also applied to achieve this goal.
RESULTS: From January to September 2023, a total of 575,616 records of medical appointments were analyzed, and 67,023 patients underwent one or more medical appointments of which 16,572 had infectious diagnoses. There were 7,938 prescriptions of antimicrobials for infections of which the most frequent were upper respiratory infections (37%), gingivitis/periodontal disease (20%), and urinary tract infections (9%). The most frequently prescribed antimicrobials were amoxicillin (23%), azithromycin (15%), amoxicillin/clavulanate (13%), ciprofloxacin (11%), and cephalexin (11%). A preliminary evaluation of the data highlighted several points for targeted interventions, as well as challenges in obtaining certain information. For instance, some infections lacked documented antimicrobial treatment, while others were managed with medications not considered first-line options.
CONCLUSION: Implementing a system that can extract data directly from electronic records and automatically present it in a logical and relevant way to health professionals-including policymakers and administrators-would enable the identification of potential problems, the planning of interventions to improve antimicrobial use, and the monitoring of their impact. Our findings highlight opportunities to improve antimicrobial prescribing through data-driven tracking, analysis, and feedback mechanisms.