Comparison of clinical outcomes of sepsis patients in two county emergency departments using systemic inflammatory response syndrome versus Epic’s proprietary severe sepsis alert
No statistically significant clinical differences or performance metrics were observed between SIRS+ based alerting and ESPMv1 alerts in an undifferentiated emergency department population. Both alerting systems had similarly poor diagnostic characteristics.
Authors
- Daniel G. Ostermayer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3205-4161)
- Jeremy Ward (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7037-4268)
- Anwar Mohammad Sirajuddin
- Amit Mehta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5721-9589)
- Sara Andrabi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9368-6982)
- Benjamin Braunheim
Institutions
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- Harris Health System (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
- Published
- 2025-11-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocaf207
- Primary Topic
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00