“Engaging and Empowering Patients with Patient Portals”

Learning objectives: Discuss the changing role of the patient in contemporary health care, and how the patient portal supports that role.

Describe the factors that influence the adoption and use of patient portals.

“Beyond the Antibiogram: Personalizing Initial Antibiotic Therapy for Patients Hospitalized with Infections”

Learning objectives: Understand the features of a Weighted Incidence Syndromic Combination Antibiogram.

Think critically about factors affecting empiric antibiotic choice.