Publications by authors named "Myka Whitman"
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to improve the care of patients with neutropenic fever in an academic acute care hospital's emergency room (ER).
Methods: Using the define, measure, analyze, improve, control method, a two-phase project with three critical to quality metrics (reduction in time to antibiotic administration, increase in percentage of patients with neutropenic fever identified as an oncology emergency, and increase in patients cohorted on oncology units) was completed. Phase I consisted of implementation of best practices (ie, use of neutropenic fever protocol and order set, altering ER workflow, and educating patients and staff).