Sepsis is a deadly reaction to infection, one that can cause runaway inflammation and a cascade of organ damage. It is estimated to kill at least 350,000 Americans per year. Early detection of this ...

For years, the approach to sepsis in acute care settings has been the same: early warning alerts and standardized care protocols. Unfortunately, it hasn’t moved the needle. Sepsis still affects 2.5 ...

The new diagnostic test determines the level of activation of a patient's immune system, which reflects whether the patient has sepsis. A Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based hospital has generated positive ...

Geisinger and IBM this week announced this week that they've co-created a new predictive model to help clinicians flag sepsis risk using data from the integrated health system's electronic health ...

Both the diagnosis and management of infectious diseases in hospitalized patients remain prominent clinical challenges and are associated with a substantial financial burden for healthcare systems.

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dascena, Inc., a machine learning diagnostic algorithm company that is targeting early disease intervention to improve patient care outcomes, announced today the ...

The largest hospital company in the United States will soon expand a program that uses computer algorithm to detect sepsis in patients faster than any human doctor or nurse. HCA Healthcare, which is ...

Epic’s sepsis early warning system, which notifies clinicians of potential signs of sepsis in their patients, sent out an overload of alerts during the COVID-19 pandemic that may have contributed to ...

When a patient is diagnosed with sepsis, a race against time begins to identify the culprit causing the body’s system to shut down. But hope could be on the horizon, as researchers recently unveiled a ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued new guidelines for the treatment of sepsis. It has said those at risk must receive intravenous fluids, antibiotics and be seen ...