The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, announced today that The Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) has published a study by researchers Sharad Manaktala, MD, PhD, et al. detailing a significant reduction in sepsis mortality using automated surveillance […]
The Health division of Wolters Kluwer a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, will announce the findings of its study on the impact of real-time clinical surveillance and data analytics on an Alabama hospital’s sepsis mortality rates at the Becker’s Hospital Review 7th Annual Meeting Stephen Claypool, MD, Medical Director, Clinical Software Solutions at Wolters Kluwer, and […]
The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, will showcase its cloud-based decision support platform for the improved diagnosis and treatment of sepsis in Booth #5537 at the HIMSS16 Conference & Exhibition. POC Advisor, which reduced sepsis mortality by 53 percent at […]
Historically, sepsis has been one of the most important medical conditions in the United States, yet it is not properly appreciated by many in terms of its real significance. Unlike heart disease and cancer, where most people at least generally know about the tremendous number of deaths and the financial impacts they create, sepsis is somewhat […]
In the United States, sepsis is the leading cause of death in hospital critical-care units. The condition progresses rapidly and becomes more deadly every hour it goes untreated, so early diagnosis and treatment is vital. A study done at Huntsville Hospital in Alabama showed a 53-percent decline in sepsis mortality when accurate evidence-based notifications were […]
A large nationally representative study shows in-hospital delivery-related maternal mortality rates improved 57% between 2008 and 2021, despite identified increases in severe maternal morbidity (SMM). This observational study of over 11 million hospital discharges, conducted by the HHS Office on Women’s Health (OWH) and published in JAMA Open Network , intends to more clearly define trends and risk factors leading to maternal mortality and morbidity in the United States and to improve overall national prevention and treatment efforts.
The first-ever randomized clinical trial linked to registry data from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) shows that for patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy, also known as the Whipple procedure, a change in antibiotics before the procedure reduces the rate of surgical site infections (SSIs). The findings were published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
With a generous $22 million in gifts from Joan and Irwin Jacobs, UC San Diego Health will bring its Center for Health Innovation into full reality.
VCU Health has a new program that will allow patients to receive acute, hospital-level care from within the comfort of their homes. The Home Hospital program is the first of its kind in central Virginia and aims to serve nearly nearly 2,000 patients during its first year.
The availability of technology for continuous temperature monitoring presents an opportunity to remove the human element from temperature taking, thereby reducing error and improving patient safety. Current inpatient care relies heavily on vital sign measurement to monitor for clinical deterioration. Temperature is one of the four primary vital signs and aids in assessing common complications, like sepsis–a leading cause of in-hospital death (Rhee).