Check out your Company Bowl for anonymous work chats.
Last week, Epic joined many other organizations in Washington, D.C. to support The White House Challenge to End Hunger and Build Healthy Communities. Our commitment centers on helping providers identify the highest risk populations for food insecurity and automating interventions to connect those patients with community and health plan resources that can help. Through our suite of interoperability tools—from treatment-based interoperability, to payer connectivity, to open APIs—organizations can share patients’ social drivers of health to better coordinate care. Read more on the commitment below.
Awards like this are special because of what they represent: the success of our customers. Over the next several weeks, we’ll put the spotlight on our customers by sharing a success story for several of the categories where Epic was recognized. Look out for more from us.
After implementing Epic’s sepsis prevention model, Saint Luke's Health System reduced the time it takes to order and administer antibiotics by 32% and reduced their sepsis mortality index by 16%. From the authors of Saint Luke’s new op-ed: “Sepsis is tricky to diagnose, requiring clinicians to consider many rapidly changing factors including the patient’s medical history, vital signs, blood pressure, and more. The sepsis prevention model automatically evaluates these factors and presents actionable insights and recommendations so that clinicians know to intervene sooner.” Check out how a clinician-led implementation, a focus on nurse empowerment, and data transparency have helped Saint Luke’s succeed:
