Testing modes of computerized sepsis alert notification delivery systems

Table 1 Primary and secondary outcome results

	Total	EHR	Pager	iOS	P value
Number of alerts generated	48	14	12	22	-
Number of alerts sent	48	14	34	0	-
N of participant received alert	23	12	11	-	-
Time to acknowledgment, min (minimal-maximal)		169 [71-348] (14-538)	102 [6-288] (<1-2066)	-	0.15
Number of patients who achieved SSC bundle goals		5	16	7^a
Time to achieve goal, min		159 [125 - 200]	164 [140-176]	-	0.5
Time from acknowledgement to achieve goal, min^b		13 [-235-131]	70 [-129-146]	-	0.48
Timeliness of Acknowledgment^c		Timely 60%	Timely 56%	-	0.9
Experience with notification method		4 [3, 4]	4 [3-5]	-	n/s
SP fatigue score		4 [3-5]	4 [3-5]	-	n/s

^aAlerts from 7 patients randomized to the iOS arm were redirected to the pager arm
^bNegative values indicate the alert was acknowledged after completion of the SSC bundle
^cTimeliness of Acknowledgement indicates acknowledgement of sepsis alerts in the EHR before completion of the SSC bundle
EHR, electronic health record; iOS, iPhone Operating System; SP, Samn-Perelli; SSC, Surviving Sepsis Campaign

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