STAT+: Epic’s sepsis algorithm is going off the rails in the real world. The use of these variables may explain why
In marketing materials and internal documents, national electronic health record vendor Epic Systems has touted the ability of its sepsis algorithm to crunch dozens of variables to detect the life-threatening condition in advance, enabling doctors to expedite the delivery of potentially lifesaving antibiotics.
But STAT has learned it is using a curious piece of data to make its prediction: whether a doctor has already ordered antibiotics.
