GE Healthcare to expand OHSU Mission Control capabilities to support sepsis patient care

GE Healthcare plans to increase the capabilities of Oregon Health & Science University’s (OHSU) Mission Control Center by developing a software application, or tile, that will suggest actions to support better management of sepsis patient care. GE Healthcare’s new tile will support early sepsis detection and timely, precise ongoing management of at-risk patients and those who are on the sepsis patient pathway, monitoring all patients and not only those who are in the intensive care unit. Once the algorithm detects risk, it will flag mission controllers who will research the situation and help care teams as needed to ensure a rapid response and the best possible patient care.

The objective of this new sepsis tile and algorithm is to provide the OHSU team with a head start to help catch sepsis before it strikes. In July 2017, OHSU opened its Mission Control Center to reduce delays in patient care, improve patient transfers and utilization between the three hospitals within the health system; reduce length of stay; and connect disparate data systems. One year later, the results demonstrate improved clinical and operational outcomes.