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July 2019
Webinar: Sepsis Power Hour: Converting Resistance into Buy-in
This webinar is part of the Sepsis: Across the Continuum of Care webinar series. Date: Thursday, July 25 Time: 2 PM EST/11 AM PST Description: At Virginia Mason Health System in Seattle, WA, sepsis was responsible for 47% of all mortality cases in the health system during a 7-year window. There had to be drastic improvement for the good of the patients that entrusted their care to the hospital. Through the eyes of a sepsis case study, learn how executives,…
Find out more »August 2019
Webinar: Unlocking the Potential of Artificial Intelligence in Sepsis Care
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has a lot of buzz around it, but how can it be applied to sepsis care and sepsis prevention? During this session, Michael H. Hooper, MD, Vice President Medical Affairs, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and Scott Stewart, Senior Process Improvement Engineer for Sentara Healthcare will share their experience with AI and sepsis care. The discussion will include a brief overview of AI and its definition, the potential benefits of and challenges with AI, critical workflow and implementation…
Find out more »Webinar: Sepsis: Common, Lethal, and Unrecognized
This talk will discuss sepsis recognition and early management of sepsis. Sepsis treatment and improvement in delivery of care for disease specific populations will be presented. Emerging severe sepsis prediction algorithms and the impact on patient survival and hospital length of stay will be described. Speaker Angel Coz, MD, FCCP Associate Professor of Medicine @University of Kentucky Dr. Coz is a Pulmonary and Critical Care specialist, the Medical Director of the Intensive Care Unit at the Lexington Veterans Affairs…
Find out more »September 2019
7th Annual Sepsis Seminar Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
September is Sepsis Awareness Month, and to coincide with that, the Sepsis Committee at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center is hosting the 7th Annual Sepsis Seminar on September 5, 2019. Learn the science and strategies for reducing sepsis related mortality from some of the leading national sepsis experts. This year’s content will include discussion on some of the controversies surrounding the 2018 Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines, the Vit C therapy protocol and procalcitonin testing (are they real or just hype?),…
Find out more »Houston Methodist Sepsis Awareness Symposium
Houston Methodist would like to share an education opportunity. 2019 Houston Methodist Sepsis Awareness Symposium • Collaboration with Society of Critical Care-Texas Chapter (TSCCM), and endorsed by Global Sepsis Alliance (GSA) • Keynote Speaker is Dr. Sean Townsend; other speakers are from across the TSCCM and Houston Methodist oganization. Theme: Sepsis: The Current and Future State of Science Date: Thursday, September 12, 2019 Time: 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM Central Time Location: Houston Methodist Research Institute 6670 Bertner Avenue John…
Find out more »The Blind Spot of Antibiotic Stewardship: Antibiotic Overuse at Discharge
Appropriate antibiotic use is critical to improve patient outcomes and reduce adverse harm and antibiotic resistance. Half of all antibiotic use related to acute hospitalization for infection occurs after hospital discharge, yet most antibiotic stewardship programs don’t target prescribing at discharge. Thus, antibiotics prescribed at discharge are often inappropriate or unnecessary—leading to direct harm after patients leave the hospital. Dr. Vaughn, a hospitalist physician and hospitalist lead for an initiative to improve prescribing across the state of Michigan, will address…
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