Automated Sepsis Detection, Alert, and Clinical Decision Support: Act on It or Silence the Alarm?

The article discusses the use of automated detection and alert system with clinical decision support in improving the care and patient outcomes suffering from sepsis. Topics mentioned include the failure of the alert and detection system without the clinical decision support system, the direct investigation on alert delivery and provider group to improve the compliance of the system, and the algorithm that detects the criteria of modified systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS).