A recent blog post by Allscripts discusses how health IT systems are working to help prevent and address the sepsis issue.
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on September 12, 2018 on Allscripts Blog: It Takes a Community.
Sepsis contributes to one out of every three hospital deaths. It is also the most expensive condition that U.S. hospitals treat. But the incidence of sepsis and related mortality has remained stable over the past several years, in part because health IT systems are doing more to help prevent and address it. The signs of sepsis, the immune system’s extreme response to infection, are highly variable. Studies show that each hour of delay in detecting abnormal signs in patients with sepsis increases mortality rates. Click here to continue>>
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