TriHealth Bridge

August 20, 2019

TriHealth IT and Informatics team members have been selected as a finalist for the Health Collaborative’s annual Inspire Awards under the Healthcare Technology category for their work with configuring our Electronic Medical Record, Epic, to aid our clinicians in diagnosing Sepsis as well as complying with the CMS Core Measures bundle for treatment.

A team of TriHealth clinical, IT, and informatics professionals developed new workflows for diagnosing and treating ED and hospital patients who either present with Severe Sepsis or develop Severe Sepsis after being admitted.

These tools, coupled with Sepsis-specific documentation and ordering workspaces, have contributed to significant improvement in Core Measure compliance. They’ve also helped to standardize and optimize TriHealth’s clinical workflows related to diagnosing and treating Sepsis. There are currently two workstreams set up to help clinicians in our Emergency Departments (ED) as well as an Inpatient pilot unit for patients that develop Severe Sepsis while admitted to one of our hospitals.

Emergency Department Compliance

After implementation of the tools and updated workflows in the Emergency Department, the team members were able to track a significant increase in Core Measure bundle compliance rates starting from baseline numbers recorded in November, December, and January of 41%, 51%, and 43%. After implementing the build at the end of February 2018, compliance rose to 65% in March, 68% in April, and 67% in May. Since May of 2018, TriHealth has consistently complied with all components of the Core Measure bundle for 60%-80% of Sepsis patients at Bethesda North and Good Samaritan hospitals.

Those nominated include:

  • Dieter Schweiss, Applications Architect
  • Julia Hicks, Applications Architect
  • Kent Sheets, Lead Application Engineer
  • Kerry Deye, Lead Application Engineer
  • Malissa Daniels-Libby, Clinical Informatics

Inspire Award winners will be announced at the Health Collaborative recognition dinner on November 6. Learn more about the Inspire Awards here.

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