“Speeding Sepsis Response: University of Utah Health Reduced Cost & Length of Stay for Septic Patients by 10%”
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Becker’s Hospital Review & Spok present*…“Speeding Sepsis Response: University of Utah Health Reduced Cost & Length of Stay for Septic Patients by 10%”
Sepsis is survivable, but it must be identified and treated quickly: Once hypotension sets in, the risk of death rises 8 percent with each hour that passes before treatment. University of Utah Health had an inefficient multi-step process to identify and treat sepsis that had potential for error. A physician from the university will share how today alerts that identify at-risk patients are transmitted from the EHR through their enterprise communication platform, allowing for faster patient intervention. The result? A 10 percent reduction in cost and length of stay for septic patients. Another physician will also describe how this model can be applied to other clinical scenarios.
Attendees will learn:
- How to improve sepsis awareness with your hospital staff and why it’s important
- How University of Utah Health eliminated manual processes for sepsis identification and notification
- How to effectively communicate events from your EHR’s clinical decision support tools to the right person in your health system
- How an enterprise clinical collaboration and communication platform can speed sepsis response and improve other clinical workflows
Presenters: Dr. Devin Horton, hospitalist & assistant professor in the division of internal medicine, University of Utah Health & Dr. Andrew Mellin, CMO, Spok
Target audience: Nurses & Healthcare Executives
Questions should be directed to: christiana_romano@beckershealthcare.com or mmoran@beckershealthcare.com
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