Prevention of inpatient hypoglycemia with a real‐time informatics alert

BACKGROUND Severe hypoglycemia (SH), defined as a blood glucose (BG) <40 mg/dL, is associated with an increased risk of adverse clinical outcomes in inpatients. OBJECTIVE To determine whether a predictive informatics hypoglycemia risk‐alert supported by trained nurse responders would reduce the incidence of SH in our hospital. DESIGN A 5‐month prospective cohort intervention study. SETTING Acute care medical floors in a tertiary care academic...