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EMR Sepsis Surveillance – Achieving Optimal Sepsis Sensitivity & Specificity

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This article is a continuation of our sepsis surveillance series. Read the first article in the series, “Say Goodbye to HAI’s: Reducing Hospital Acquired Infections,” to learn about sepsis surveillance in MEDITECH. Sepsis Kills More People Than AIDS, Breast Cancer, & Stroke – Combined 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 $20B is spent on it annually.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), sepsis is a medical emergency. Every year there are at least 1.7 million cases of sepsis and 270,000 deaths, the CDC says. Sepsis starts with any kind of infection or any time germs enter the bloodstream. The human body tries to fight the infection, but fails. The organs shut down, one by one. But what’s..

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