Collaborative Infection Screening to Reduce Sepsis Mortality

Departments Included in Project: Inpatient Services, Medicine, Neurology, Nursing, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, Surgery,

Project Classification: Timeliness

Does the work incorporate equity?

Sepsis disproportionately impacts patients who have historically lacked access to high-quality healthcare, including communities of color and people experiencing poverty. We would like to build an equitable infection screening process for all sepsis patients.

Does this work address any of the UChicago Medicine quality priorities as listed on the Clinical Excellence Scorecard?

Mortality Reduction