Mortality and Length of Stay Trends Following Implementation of a Rapid Response System and Real-Time Automated Clinical Deterioration Alerts.

ABSTRACT: A study was performed to determine the potential influence of a rapid response system (RRS) employing real-time clinical deterioration alerts (RTCDAs) on patient outcomes involving 8 general medicine units. Introduction of the RRS occurred in 2006 with staged addition of the RTCDAs in 2009. Statistically significant year-to-year decreases in mortality were observed through 2014 ( r = -.794; P = .002). Similarly, year-to-year decreases in the number of cardiopulmonary arrests (CPAs; r = -.792; P = .006) and median lengths of stay ( r = -.841; P = .001) were observed. There was a statistically significant year-to-year increase in the number of RRS activations for these units ( r = .939; P < .001) that was inversely correlated with the occurrence of CPAs ( r = -.784; P = .007). In this single

SUBMITTER: Kollef MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5783295 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan/Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature