Northwestern Medicine has evaluated various tools and processes to detect patient deterioration sooner and one of these tools is Epic’s Deterioration Index (DI). DI is a predictive analytics model that promotes a proactive approach to identifying patient acuity. Epic’s data science team has developed and validated this model through more than 100,000 patient encounters across
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Diabetes is one of the most common and costly chronic diseases in the U.S, affecting more than 22.3 million people and costing more than $245 billion in 2012. Diabetic foot infections are a major complication of diabetes, affecting as many as 25% of patients with diabetes and resulting in $9-$13 billion in costs every year.
Our troponin assay recently changed from Troponin-I (TnI) to High Sensitivity Troponin-I (hs-TnI). The new assay is approximately 4.5x more sensitive to the presence of Troponin in blood samples than the previous assay. See below for the hs-TnI algorithm and critical value levels. NM High Sensitivity Troponin Algorithm How do the new hsTroponin values compare
The telemetry order now features time limits on telemetry duration depending on indication in an effort to reduce telemetry utilization once clinical status changes. Check out the expiration times for each indication below!