By Robert Otto Valdez PhD MHSA & Pamela Owens PhD – The human suffering caused by sepsis is shocking. New AHRQ analyses show that in 2021, more than 2 million Americans—roughly equivalent to the population of Phoenix, Arizona—were hospitalized with sepsis, 300,000 lives were lost, and hospital costs exceeded $52 billion.
In 2011, Sepsis Alliance designated September as Sepsis Awareness Month to help save lives by raising awareness of the leading cause of death in U.S. hospitals – sepsis. This week’s Friday Five offers resources, information, how to get involved and ways to support the cause.
September 13th is World Sepsis Day, an initiative by the Global Sepsis Alliance. Here are some of the events raising sepsis awareness and opportunities for learning more about sepsis.
September 13th is World Sepsis Day, an initiative by the Global Sepsis Alliance. This week’s Friday Five highlights some of the events raising sepsis awareness, offers opportunities for learning and provides information about sepsis.
Recognizing the need to raise awareness and spur prevention, the Sepsis Alliance dubbed September Sepsis Awareness Month. This week’s Friday Five focuses on sepsis awareness and is brought to you by Vocera and Capsule Technologies.
By Anne Dabrow Woods – Sepsis is one of the leading causes of hospital mortality, present in more than half of the hospital deaths in the U.S. It is also one of the costliest diagnoses in the U.S. with a healthcare spend of over $20 billion dollars annually.
For our Friday Five this week, HealthcareNOW Radio reached out to Ginny Kwong, M.D., Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer for Halifax Health, to share some information about sepsis and discuss Halifax’s innovative approach to leveraging new technology in the race against sepsis.
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