Using Data Science, Clinical Informatics, and Quality Improvement to Improve Inpatient Sepsis Recognition
Recorded On: 03/23/2021
Description:
Sepsis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in pediatric patients and prompt recognition in the inpatient setting is difficult. Learn how Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago adapted a data-driven sepsis prediction model and developed clinical decision support tools and workflows to improve sepsis recognition. The team refined tools using quality improvement strategies and simulation in the clinical environment.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the activity, the learner should be able to:
- Adapt a data-driven sepsis prediction model to their institution’s patient population;
- Describe how a team can work together to implement clinical informatics tools through a quality improvement lens;
- Use common patient safety tools and in situ simulation to refine new tools prior to implementation;
- Apply rapid-cycle quality improvement concepts when launching new tools and processes.
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.
Jillian Rojas, MS, RN, NE-BC
Director of Patient Care Operations
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Jillian Rojas is the Director of Patient Care Operations at Lurie Children's Hospital and has been a nurse for 20 years. She oversees the Vascular Access Team, the Nurse Float Pool Team, and Inpatient Support Services. Jillian became Lurie Children's Nursing Lead for the IPSO Collaborative in 2017 and created a robust inpatient team of frontline nurses that focuses on improving pediatric sepsis outcomes. The team reviews medical records monthly, presents case studies, and champions education in their departments.
L. Nelson Sanchez-Pinto, MD, MBI, FAMIA
Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Critical Care) & Preventive Medicine (Health & Biomedical Informatics)
Northwestern University – Feinberg School of Medicine
L. Nelson Sanchez-Pinto, MD, MBI, FAMIA, is a pediatric critical care physician, biomedical informatics specialist, and data science researcher at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. His research focuses on applying data science and artificial intelligence approaches to improve the care provided to acutely ill patients, with a particular focus on pediatric sepsis.
Kate Lucey, MD, MS
Pediatrics Instructor
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Kate Lucey is a Pediatric Hospital Medicine Attending at Lurie Children's and an Instructor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. As Clinical Practice Director for the Division of Pediatric Hospital Based Medicine, she has worked to further Quality Improvement efforts, specifically in areas of sepsis and bronchiolitis care.
Jeremy Hoge
Senior Clinical Informatics Consultant
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Jeremy Hoge is a Senior Clinical Informatics Consultant at Lurie Children's, where he has been a member of the hospital IPSO team since 2016, focusing on EHR Clinical Decision Support tools. He is a member of the Center for Quality & Safety, and in that role has worked to further QI efforts, specifically in the areas of sepsis and influenza vaccination.
Rebecca Stephen MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Rebecca Stephen is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She is the physician lead for the IPSO collaborative at Lurie Children's. Her clinical and academic interests focus on early recognition and prevention of in-hospital deterioration using principles of improvement and implementation science.
Accreditation Statements:
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17068 for 1.5 contact hours.
Other healthcare professionals will receive a certificate of attendance for 1.0 contact hours.
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