We have been having the same problem. However, the issue we have found are some 
inconsistencies in proper MAP calculations. The auto-calculated MAPS are lower 
than when calculating them manually.  We are looking into this but in the 
meantime we are having patients "fall into the fluid bucket" who normally 
should not. And this is also causing us to be non-compliant.


Sincerely,



Emily C. McKinney (Swiss), BSN, RN
Sepsis Coordinator
Quality Excellence
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Suite 6003
St. Joseph Mercy Health System
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From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On 
Behalf Of Nelson, Kathy
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2017 3:43 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [External] [Sepsis Groups] One low MAP can trigger Severe Sepsis 
presentation

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)

3075 Highland Parkway, Suite 600
Downers Grove, IL 60515
P: 630- 929-6782 (Internal: 55-6782)
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