Faster Together: Collaborative Models for Turning Sepsis Diagnosis into Action
Description:
Rapid diagnostics have dramatically shortened the time to identify sepsis, yet faster results do not always translate into faster treatment. This session explores how collaborative care models spanning the laboratory, clinicians, pharmacists, and stewardship teams can bridge the gap between diagnosis and action. Using real-world examples, participants will examine common system failures that delay therapy despite rapid diagnostic turnaround and learn practical strategies to overcome them. Attendees will leave with actionable communication frameworks and stewardship approaches that enable teams to work faster together, ensuring that sepsis diagnostics lead to timely, effective clinical decisions and improved patient outcomes.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, the learner should be able to:
- Describe how collaborative workflows transform rapid sepsis diagnostic results into timely clinical action;
- Recognize common system failures that delay treatment despite fast diagnostic turnaround;
- Implement communication and stewardship strategies that improve the clinical impact of sepsis diagnostics.
Target Audience:
Nurses, advanced practice providers, physicians, emergency responders, pharmacists, medical technologists, respiratory therapists, physical/occupational therapists, infection prevention specialists, data/quality specialists, and more.
Daniel A. Green, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons;
Daniel A. Green, MD, is an Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Co-Director of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. His work focuses on diagnostic innovation, clinical utility, and antimicrobial stewardship, with particular emphasis on ensuring that microbiology diagnostics translate into timely, actionable improvements in patient care. Dr. Green has published extensively on the clinical impact of rapid diagnostics, diagnostic stewardship, and infectious disease outcomes, and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology and ASM Case Reports. He is Director of Columbia’s ACGME-accredited Clinical Microbiology Fellowship Program and is actively involved in national educational and professional society initiatives.