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The use of algorithms has saved lives at the University of Missouri Health Care. The health system put in place an early-warning system tied to the EHR to alert rapid-response teams of a patient's risk for developing sepsis, a life-threatening infection. One of every three patients who dies in the hospital has sepsis, according to information given at the HIMSS22 session,

In a preview of his HIMSS22 session, Dr. Thomas Selva talks through his team's Davies Award-winning strategy to detect the life-threatening condition early.