The impact of an electronic medical record surveillance program on outcomes for patients with sepsis

Objectives To evaluate the effects of this EMR surveillance on sepsis, severe sepsis or septic shock outcomes in patients admitted to a medical telemetry unit, including length of hospital stay, patient discharge and mortality. Methods A retrospective review of pre- and post-implementation of a pilot electronic medical record (EMR) sepsis surveillance. Results Implementing EMR sepsis surveillance significantly improved home discharge (49.0%...