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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,
MU Health Care's University Hospital and Ellis Fischel Cancer Center One of every three patients who dies in the hospital has sepsis. The life-threatening response to infection is difficult to detect in its earliest stages, and every hour the condition goes untreated increases a patient's mortality risk by 4%. Currently, the University of Missouri Health System – with five hospitals with 602 beds in total – is using three Cerner technologies in an effort to better identify and treat sepsis: St. John Sepsis Agent/Sepsis Advisor, Pediatric Sepsis Algorithms and the Rapid Response tool. "...