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To guide rational antibiotic selection in community-onset pneumonia, we previously derived and validated a novel prediction tool, the Drug-Resistance in Pneumonia (DRIP) score. In 2015, the DRIP score was integrated into an existing electronic pneumonia clinical decision support tool (ePNa). ⋯ Electronic calculation of the DRIP score was more effective than HCAP criteria for guiding appropriate broad-spectrum antibiotic use in community-onset pneumonia.