A study, published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, shows an electronic alert for sepsis helped a pediatric emergency department significantly reduce missed sepsis diagnoses. The study examined ...

Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia examined the sensitivity and specificity of an electronic alert system intended to help clinicians identify severe sepsis cases among children in ...

WASHINGTON -- An electronic sepsis alert using a combination of vital signs, risk factors and physician judgment to identify children in a pediatric emergency department with severe sepsis reduced ...

Severe sepsis in children that has been identified by an electronic sepsis alert using a combination of vital signs, risk factors and physician judgment can reduce missed sepsis diagnosis by 76%, ...

Using this method to identify children in a pediatric emergency department with severe sepsis reduced missed diagnoses by 76%. It’s long been said that health IT should enhance, but never replace, ...