Preliminary results from the EJGH pilot were presented at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 28th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care in December 2016. Data showed that with ILÚM’s CDS system, clinicians at EJGH improved their identification of patients with severe sepsis and achieved high adherence rates to the hospital’s guideline-based sepsis care pathway. Comparing data from twelve months prior (control group, May 2014 to April 2015) to twelve months after (study group, September 2015 to August 2016) the ILÚM CDS implementation, there was significant improvement in clinical outcomes and reduction in utilization of healthcare resources. Among patients with all sepsis types, a reduction in hospital length-of-stay (7.11 to 6.81 days; p=0.05) was observed. Among patients with severe sepsis, significantly fewer patients developed hospital-onset shock in the study group compared to the control group (19 percent vs. 35 percent; p=0.006).
“The ILÚM team is focused on helping hospitals improve quality and optimize care by working with doctors, nurses, quality managers, pharmacists and hospital leadership every step of the way,” said Dr. Brandon Palermo, executive director and chief medical officer, HSS. “We are pleased with the results achieved to date at EJGH, and look forward to presenting additional results, including mortality data, at future healthcare conferences.”
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