May 6, 2013 David Raths
blog
Sepsis, a dangerous condition caused by the immune system’s response to a serious infection, is one of the toughest challenges hospitals face. It causes 17 percent of all hospital deaths and is the leading cause of death in non-cardiac intensive-care units. Additionally, the incidence of sepsis is increasing in the United States. But healthcare informatics researchers at two Philadelphia hospitals are working on ways to quicken response times and improve outcomes.
April 27, 2013 Mark Hagland
article
Exciting things have been happening these days at Boston Children’s Hospital, where clinician leaders have been moving forward to implement advanced solutions to support the integration of data from patient monitoring devices into real-time care management in the intensive care unit (ICU) and cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) care areas.
April 14, 2013 David Raths
blog
“The biggest waste in the healthcare system is not unnecessary treatment or duplicated test results; it is that we collect data and never use it again.”
That was just one of several thought-provoking comments from Chris Lehmann, M.D., a biomedical informatics professor who recently gave a presentation at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Center for Biomedical Informatics on some new ideas about secondary uses of data.
