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Diagnostic Excellence Program

Using education and technology for accurate and rapid-cycle sepsis diagnoses

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The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) was awarded a $100,000 grant by the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) to fund a diagnostic excellence program focusing on using education and technology for accurate and rapid-cycle sepsis diagnosis. This program will develop online education with subject matter experts that will:
  • Improve early sepsis detection and reduce delays and errors in diagnosis
  • Address clinician implicit bias that may impact delays and errors in diagnosis, ensuring a safer, more equitable healthcare environment
  • Describe the impact of diagnostic delays and errors, sepsis, and septic shock on the organization’s bottom line and reputation in the community
  • Disseminate just-in-time strategies and toolkits that impact patient outcomes and reduce delays and errors in diagnosis, particularly when ruling out sepsis and septic shock
This program supports the development and dissemination of resources and programs to improve the timeliness, accuracy, safety, efficiency, patient-centeredness, and equity of diagnostic outcomes for patients in the United States.

New! SCCM has been awarded a second grant from CMSS to develop a feedback mechanism for receiving ICU clinicians of patients with sepsis.

This program is funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation through a grant program administered by the Council of Medical Specialty Societies.

Society of Critical Care Medicine contact: Susan R. Lacey, PhD, RN, CNL, FAAN
Webcast

Mitigating Diagnostic Delays and Errors

Join Mary Jo C. Grant, ACNP, PhD, FAAN, as she discusses the causes of diagnostic delays and errors as well as mitigation strategies. 

This complimentary webcast offers 1 hour of accredited continuing education credit. 

This webcast is funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation through a grant program administered by the Council of Medical Specialty Societies.

March 8, 2023

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time

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