Clinical Score Usefulness and EHR Integration

Evaluation of Clinical Score Usefulness and Feasibility of Integration Into Electronic Health Record Interfaces

The SOFA score is a severity of illness and prognostic score used in the ICU. It has also recently been adopted as part of the definition of sepsis. This study will prospectively evaluate the usability of automated SOFA scoring for ICU patients within an electronic patient monitoring dashboard. It will also assess for changes in physician ordering (volume and types of orders) after automatic scoring is implemented.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients admitted to the medical intensive care unit within 2 months of automated SOFA scoring module activation.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refusal to allow medical records to be used for clinical research.