Event

Advancing Sepsis Care and Quality Measures: A Meeting with the IDSA Sepsis Task Force

Moderator(s)

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  Jeffrey Strich, MD

  Staff Clinician
  Critical Care Medicine Department
  Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health
  Bethesda, Maryland, United States

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Speaker(s)

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  Sara Cosgrove, MD, MS

  Professor of Medicine
  Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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  Michael Klompas, MD, MPH

  Professor
  Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
  Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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  Chanu Rhee, MD, MPH

  Associate Professor of Medicine
  Department of Medicine / Infectious Disease
  Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School
  Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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The IDSA Sepsis Task Force is a multi-professional society that brings together leaders in infectious disease, healthcare epidemiology, hospital medicine, and emergency medicine to advance sepsis care and outcomes. This session will provide an update on the work the Task Force is performing to engage with CMS, CDC, the Surviving Sepsis Campaign, and other groups to improve sepsis recognition, care, and quality measures. The Task Force seeks to bring to these groups ID professionals' insights into the challenges clinicians face with diagnosing and managing sepsis in complex patients and environments. Following brief presentations by Task Force members there will be an opportunity for attendees to provide feedback and suggestions on future goals and collaborations.

Agenda:

1. Overview of the IDSA Sepsis Task Force – Jeff Strich


2. The Role of ID Physicians and Pharmacists in Stewarding Sepsis – Sara Cosgrove


3. Does Every Minute Really Matter? Time-to-Antibiotics in Patients with Possible Sepsis – Mike Klompas


4. IDSA/ACEP/PIDS/SHEA/SHM/SIDP's Position on Sepsis Pay-for-Performance and Electronic Quality Measures – Chanu Rhee


5. Open Discussion with Feedback and Suggestions on Future Task Force Goals