Background: Neutropenic Fever (NF) is a common complication for patients on myelosuppressive chemotherapy. Despite guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), however, there is variability in physician compliance. There are limited prior studies assessing compliance in this realm and those studies do not fully assess drivers of poor compliance. Poor compliance can result in increased [...]

Background: Sepsis is a systemic host response to infection that may result in significant morbidity with mortality rates from severe sepsis or septic shock reaching over 20% in most studies.  Research on sepsis has focused on use of groups of sepsis specific interventions (termed care bundles) that are given in response to the declaration of [...]

Background:  Recent Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rules require hospitals to have their physicians submit inpatient admission orders and certification prior to a patient’s discharge in order to justify hospitalization reimbursement; however, CMS does not specify how hospitals are to achieve this regulation. Use of Health Information Technology (HIT) tools has significantly expanded, [...]