Wake Forest University: WFU and Atrium Health awarded $2.5 million to improve antibiotic prescribing for childhood respiratory infections

A team from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health has been approved for a $2.5 million funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to help improve antibiotic prescribing for children with acute respiratory tract infections in outpatient settings. Dr. Jennifer Sullivan, senior vice president for strategic operations at Atrium Health and clinical professor of emergency medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, will lead the 3 1/2-year...