Utilization of a multidisciplinary emergency department sepsis huddle to reduce time to antibiotics and improve SEP-1 compliance

Sepsis is a significant public health crisis in the United States, contributing to 50% of inpatient hospital deaths. Given its dramatic health effects and implications in the setting of new CMS care guidelines, ED leaders have renewed focus on appropriate and timely sepsis care, including timely administration of antibiotics in patients at risk for sepsis. Modeling the success of multidisciplinary bedside huddles in improving compliance with appropriate care in other healthcare settings, a Sepsis Huddle was implemented in a large, academic ED, with the goal of driving compliance with standardized sepsis care as described in the CMS SEP-1 measure.

Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - September 8, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jonathan D. Sonis, Theodore I. Benzer, Lauren Black, Michael R. Filbin, Bryan D. Hayes, Kathryn A. Hibbert, Cassie Kraus, Ali S. Raja, Elizabeth Temin, Maria Vareschi, Benjamin A. White, Susan R. Wilcox, Emily L. Aaronson Source Type: research