Clinician perception of the effectiveness of an automated early warning and response system for sepsis in an academic medical center

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1514-1519

  Guidi, Jessica L ^a   Clark, Katherine ^a   Upton, Mark T ^a   Faust, Hilary ^a   Umscheid, Craig A ^a   Lane Fall, Meghan B ^b   Mikkelsen, Mark E ^a   Schweickert, William D ^a   VanZandbergen, Christine A ^a   Betesh, Joel ^a   Tait, Gordon ^a   Hanish, Asaf ^a   Smith, Kirsten ^a   Feeley, Denise ^a   Fuchs, Barry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early warning systems; Electronic medical record; Sepsis and shock; Survey design

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EARLY WARNING AND RESPONSE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; REGISTERED NURSE; SEPSIS; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY SYSTEM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84943592883     PISSN: 23296933     EISSN: 23256621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201503-129OC     Document Type: Article

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