2019 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards: SPOTting sepsis to save lives: a nationwide computer algorithm for early detection of sepsis: innovation in patient safety and quality at the national level

Summary

This article from Perlin et al. discusses how a 173-hospital system used technology as a strategy to reduce sepsis-related mortality system-wide by real-time dissemination of basic laboratory and clinical data to alert teams to patients exhibiting signs of sepsis risk.