Yes, I have feedback that occurs and it is problematic.

We need to bring this to CMS.
I would suggest that in the same way 2 consecutive BPs are required to identify 
SEPTIC SHOCK after fluids, the same should be true to signify the onset of 
hypotension.

Thanks,

MARY ANN BARNES-DALY MS RN CCRN DC  | Clinical Performance Improvement 
Consultant
Quality & Clinical Effectiveness Team | Office of Patient Experience
Sutter Health -2200 River Plaza Drive, Sacramento, CA 95833
Mobile 916.200.5604| [email protected]

"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, 
build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."   ~R. Buckminster 
Fuller

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Sent: Friday, April 07, 2017 12:43 PM
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Subject: [**External**] [Sepsis Groups] One low MAP can trigger Severe Sepsis 
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Question posed by our physician leadership:

Is anyone else having a problem with their CMS bundles when it comes to a low 
MAP.  Our EMR captures every vital sign and if the auto-calculated MAP falls 
only momentarily to 64, it will trigger our data abstractors to establish a 
diagnosis of hypotension and put the patient into the severe sepsis category 
without necessarily having any of the other organ dysfunction criteria for the 
diagnosis.  This results in a fall out on the bundle and makes us non-compliant 
from CMS data collection purposes.  Has anyone else had a similar EMR issue and 
if so, how did you deal with it?

Thanks!

Kathy Nelson, MBA, CPHQ, RHIA
Public Data Manager
Advocate Health Care
Center for Health Information Services (CHIS)

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