Sepsis Alerts Are Becoming Much More Common In EHRs Overseas. What Is Happening Here?

This appeared a few days ago.Guthrie to use AI-based system to help anticipate sepsis By Joseph Goedert September 06, 2019, 3:05 p.m. EDT A four-hospital health system will implement the POC Advisor clinical intelligence platform of Wolters Kluwer Health to aid in quicker detection and treatment of sepsis.Combatting sepsis is an ever-present challenge, says Terri Couts, vice president of Epic program applications at Guthrie, an integrated delivery system serving parts of Pennsylvania and New York. Based on feedback from providers, the organization sought a sepsis detection product with meaningful alerts that provide more accuracy and specificity than what could be achieved by the electronic health record, she adds.  “Using natural language processing with POC Advisor can help us maximize the value of our EHR investment by using both patient data and extensive clinician notes to trigger alerts accurately and earlier, so our care team can effectively intervene to improve sepsis... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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