Background: Early identification of sepsis is the main driver for patient survival. Roughly 30% of patients diagnosed with severe sepsis do not survive. To drive the desired clinical behavior, it is crucial to identify appropriate sensitivity and specificity of a sepsis early detection system. At our institution, we saw a 515% increase in Sepsis Alerts [...]

Background: Advance care planning (ACP) conversations are essential for aligning care with patients’ values, particularly for high-risk hospitalized patients. However, there are limited tools in hospital medicine to identify and prompt clinicians to engage in ACP conversations effectively. Best Practice Alerts (BPAs) are commonly used in electronic medical records (EMRs) to streamline clinical workflows but [...]