Sepsis Surveillance
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HIT Think: Achieving optimal sepsis sensitivity and specificity with EMR surveillance
Note: This is an excerpt from an article originally published in Health Data Management.
Sepsis accounts for half of hospital deaths, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. It’s the leading cause of readmissions, and more than $20 billion is spent on it annually.
EMR Sepsis Surveillance – Achieving Optimal Sepsis Sensitivity & Specificity
This article is a continuation of our sepsis surveillance series. Read the first article in the series, “Say Goodbye to HAI’s: Reducing Ho..
CHIME Interview Series: Brian D. Patty, VP, CMIO, Clinical Information Systems, Rush University Medical Center
Brian D. Patty MD, CHCIO Eligible, VP & CMIO, Rush University Medical Center
Physician burnout is a significant issue, one that..
Say Goodbye to HAI’s: Reducing Hospital Acquired Infections
Leveraging the Syndromic Surveillance capabilities of MEDITECH to prevent Sepsis
My Personal Inspiration to Prevent HAI
When I was eleven years old my Father was hospitalized for complications that were non-life threat..