Reporting of Sepsis Cases for Performance Measurement Versus for Reimbursement in New York State.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Under "Rory's Regulations," New York State Article 28 acute care hospitals were mandated to implement sepsis protocols and report patient-level data. This study sought to determine how well cases reported under state mandate align with discharge records in a statewide administrative database.

Design

Observational cohort study.

Setting

First 27 months of mandated sepsis reporting (April 1, 2014, to June 30, 2016).

Patients

Hospitalizations with sepsis at New York State Article 28 acute care hospitals.

Intervention

Sepsis regulations with mandated reporting.

Measurements and main results

We compared cases reported to the New York State Department of Health Sepsis Clinical Database with discharge records in the Statewide Planning and Resea

SUBMITTER: Prescott HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5899037 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature