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Failure to Rescue as a Quality Measure in Sepsis

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: This Viewpoint discusses the limitations of current tools to improve sepsis outcomes and proposes that these tools be supplemented with “failure to rescue,” a systems-level approach for recognizing and addressing complications and managing sepsis throughout the hospitalization period.

Source: JAMA

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.6771

Authors: Stephanie Parks Taylor, Marc Kowalkowski

Institutions: University of Michigan, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Wake Forest University

Language: English

Topic: Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Nursing Research