Research Team: Dr. Jennifer Macmillan, MSc, MD (PI), Dr. Malcolm Wilson, MD, Dr. Andrew Kapoor, MSc, MD, Dr. Natalie Taylor, MD, NOSM Family Resident, Dr. Cole Krensky, MD, NOSM Family Resident, Adam Ling, BSc, PharmD, RPh, and Lisa Allen, PhD. 

This study aims to determine if the use of the Spectrum smartphone app can improve antimicrobial prescribing practices in a rural hospital. The Spectrum app is customizable and will be tailored to provide users with local content including guidelines, resistance patterns and dosing information. This is a pre-and post-intervention study that is using the National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (NAPS) to determine appropriateness of antimicrobial use.