Great question! One of the criticisms of the qSOFA is that it has not been validated for prospective use as a screen and no revised screen has been proposed of offered to my knowledge. Hindsight is 20/20 as they say.
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| Office 916.286.6717 | [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 From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Reid, Kathryn S. Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 10:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [External] [Sepsis Groups] SIRS+organ dysfunction vs. qSOFA/SOFA Has anyone developed a successful marriage of the two screenings yet? If so, I would be very interested in how you are using both effectively to capture the core measure population as well as use the new recommendations. Thanks, Katie Katie Swink Reid, MPH, CPHQ Quality Consultant Performance Improvement & Outcomes Inova Loudoun Hospital 44045 Riverside Parkway Leesburg,VA 20176 T 703-858-6367 | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [cid:[email protected]]<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.inova.org%2f&data=01%7c01%7cbarnesm4%40sutterhealth.org%7c135535ba18b84d4e0fff08d3e3f96b38%7caef453eadaa243e0be62818066e9ff63%7c0&sdata=IXc4vMvgXQ6vUkTaEghrrFali2bYm7rER%2bC0AGc7h%2fQ%3d> This communication may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Additionally, this communication may contain protected health information (PHI) that is legally protected from inappropriate disclosure by the Privacy Standards of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and relevant Virginia Laws. If you are not the intended recipient, please note that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, you should notify the sender immediately by telephone or by return e-mail and delete this message from your computer. Direct questions to the Chief Privacy Officer at 703-205-2337.
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