Epic Best Practice Alerts Increases SEP1 Orderset Usage

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Authors

Mark Munir, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Medical Student
Zachary Awad, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Medical Student
Paul Bozyk, Corewell Health East
Ramin Homayouni, Corewell Health East

Description

Sepsis is a massive, system-wide inflammatory response to an infection that can lead to multisystem organ failure.1 Sepsis has a very high mortality rate of 20-50% in patients with severe sepsis and is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States.2 One of the most significant ways of reducing mortality from sepsis is timely detection and initiation of treatment in septic patients.3

Electronic medical records such as Epic have implemented sepsis warning algorithms and alerts to facilitate quicker detection of sepsis and thus earlier initiation of treatment. The goal of this study is to determine if an Epic Best Practice Alert (BPA) of 5 is correlated with an increased likelihood of clinician’s using the sepsis order set in the EMR to assist in effective treatment of sepsis.

Publication Date

5-2025

Keywords

Sepsis, infection

Disciplines

Pulmonology | Translational Medical Research

Recommended Citation

Munir M, Awad Z, Bozyk P, Homayouni R. Epic best practice alerts increases sep1 orderset usage. Poster presented at: Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Embark Capstone Colloquium; 2025 May; Rochester Hills, MI.

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The Embark Capstone Colloquium at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester Hills, MI, May, 2025.