{"id":7914,"date":"2018-04-17T18:55:13","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T18:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bernoullihealth.com\/?p=7914"},"modified":"2018-04-17T18:55:13","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T18:55:13","slug":"using-real-time-data-to-impede-the-quiet-killer-sepsis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.light4soul.com\/testingsite\/cardiop\/using-real-time-data-to-impede-the-quiet-killer-sepsis\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Real-Time Data to Impede the \u2018Quiet Killer\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Using Real-Time Data to Impede the \u2018Quiet Killer\u2019<\/h1>\n

by\u00a0John Zaleski, Ph.D., CAP, CPHIMS
\nChief Analytics Officer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>
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A 38-year-old male patient with a history of atrial fibrillation presents with a low-grade fever and congestion. The nurse on duty notes slightly hypotensive blood pressure, but the patient\u2019s heart rate is within the normal range. Blood oxygenation level is slightly low and respiratory rate is slightly high.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

It could be a urinary tract infection, she thinks. Maybe pneumonia.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The care team provides prescribed antibiotics to treat the main infection. Unfortunately, they missed\u2014or misinterpreted\u2014the subtle, early signs of sepsis. Suddenly, a patient who \u201clooks pretty good\u201d is in mortal danger.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>
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The \u2018Quiet Killer\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Every year more than 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with severe sepsis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>. Of those, 250,000 don\u2019t survive.<\/p>\n

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality<\/a> cites sepsis as the most costly illness treated in hospitals\u2014more than $24 billion annually. Sepsis often requires prolonged and pricey hospital stays in intensive care units (ICUs). It also is a leading cause of frequent, unplanned readmissions<\/a>, more than double of such conditions as acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, COPD and pneumonia.<\/p>\n

Hospitals have employed multiple strategies and tools in their battle against sepsis. Improved training for clinicians, better screening tools and the implementation of sepsis programs have reduced mortality. Sadly, sepsis remains an urgent problem in need of a real-time solution.<\/p>\n

Solve Sepsis by Solving Data<\/strong><\/p>\n

Early intervention of sepsis is critical to patient outcomes that are both life-saving and cost-effective. However, early intervention requires holistic data, actionable and consistently routed to the right clinicians at the right time. Therein lies the problem.<\/p>\n

The 20-year quest to digitize data has provided clinicians with a deep portrait of a patient\u2019s condition. The emerging use of real-time data is adding even richer and more holistic detail to the patient\u2019s story.<\/p>\n

However, the discrete data collected from EHRs, medical devices, software apps and other automated technologies has presented distinct challenges:<\/p>\n