Electronic health record-based clinical decision support alert for severe sepsis: A randomised evaluation

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2019, Pages 762-768

  Downing, Norman Lance ^a,b   Rolnick, Joshua ^c,d   Poole, Sarah F ^b   Hall, Evan ^a   Wessels, Alexander J ^b   Heidenreich, Paul ^b   Shieh, Lisa ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

alert; clinical decision support; electronic health record; protocol; sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMFORT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRAGMATIC TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPSIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VITAL SIGN; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS;

EID: 85062968085     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008765     Document Type: Article

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