Improving Sepsis Recognition and Utilization of Early Goal-Directed Therapy in the Prehospital Environment: A Review of the Literature

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ranks septicemia as the most expensive condition treated in United States hospitals, resulting in an aggregate cost of $20.3 billion (5.2%) of the total aggregate cost for all hospitalizations.1 For many years, emphasis has been placed on improving acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and stroke outcomes through implementation and management of the hospital quality core measures mandated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which has resulted in better outcomes and reduced morbidity and mortality from these conditions.
Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: /Baker Source Type: research