Recognizing World AMR Awareness Week: November 18–24
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World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week is a global effort to highlight the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance and the need for practical action across healthcare systems. For clinicians, the challenge is immediate: inappropriate or suboptimal antimicrobial use increases the risk of treatment failure and accelerates resistance.
At DoseMe + Firstline, we focus on making clinically sound stewardship easier to practice. Our combined approach supports faster, better clinical decisions that balance patient needs with long-term antimicrobial preservation.
The Growing Pressure of Antimicrobial Resistance
AMR occurs when pathogens stop responding to standard treatments. The impact is already visible:
- 1.27 million deaths were directly attributed to drug-resistant infections in 2019 (The Lancet).
- Up to 50% of hospital antibiotic use is estimated to be inappropriate or unnecessary.
Without better tools and workflows, routine infections risk becoming harder, and more costly to treat.
Education and awareness remain essential, but clinicians also need real time access to reliable guidance and patient-specific dosing support.
Connecting Guidance and Precision
This is where Firstline and DoseMe work together.
Firstline: Helps clinicians choose therapies that align with institutional protocols, local resistance patterns, and best practice.
DoseMe: Uses Bayesian precision dosing to adjust therapy based on each patient’s characteristics and pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) models, improving dosing accuracy and safety.
Combined, these tools create an end-to-end decision-support workflow, from selecting an appropriate initial therapy, to optimizing the dose for that patient.
Turning Clinical Insight into Practical Impact
When guidance and dosing work together, hospitals can:
- Reduce unnecessary antimicrobial use
- Improve treatment outcomes and shorten hospital stays
- Avoid adverse drug reactions
- Strengthen pharmacovigilance and regulatory compliance
This approach supports clinicians while freeing stewardship teams to focus on higher-value work.
Stewardship Is a Shared Responsibility
No single approach solves AMR. Progress comes from coordinated action across pharmacy, infectious diseases, nursing, and frontline medicine. Technology plays an important empowering role by making the right decisions easier to reach.
We’re proud to partner with hospitals and health systems advancing stewardship in practical, measurable ways. As AMR continues to evolve, we remain focused on building tools that help clinicians deliver the safest possible care.