SimSuite Sepsis Quality Initiative Program Complies with International Guidelines

Medical Simulation Corporation (MSC) has releases an updated version of the SimSuite Sepsis Quality Initiative Program that aligns with the Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock 2012 Guidelines released earlier this year at the 2013 Society for Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress.

Sepsis continues to be a challenge for healthcare organizations to identify and effectively treat. More than 1.6 million people in the U.S. were treated for sepsis in 2009 and the associated mortality is estimated at 16%.1 The number of deaths attributed to sepsis in the U.S. each year is more than double the number of deaths attributed to breast and prostate cancers, AIDS, and auto accidents combined. Further, full healthcare provider compliance with the Surviving Sepsis Guidelines for early recognition and treatment of sepsis is present in less than 11% of all cases.2 The SSC guidelines, when consistently implemented in clinical practice, have been validated to reduce patient mortality by 53%3 and healthcare costs by 40%.4

MSC’s updated Sepsis Quality Initiative Program is directly aligned with the 2012 SSC guidelines to increase healthcare provider knowledge of the guidelines and confidence in implementing the guidelines for improved patient outcomes. In addition to a full menu of comprehensive and modular online courses and hands-on simulation, the sepsis program offers a new online module focusing exclusively on the revisions: “Sepsis Update 2012.”

“The greatest outcome improvement can be made through education for those caring for severe sepsis patients across the spectrum of acute care,” according to the SSC.1 MSC’s Sepsis Quality Initiative Program is the only simulation and metrics-based training solution that focuses on early identification to help healthcare organizations improve patient outcomes and reduce costs.

Since 2009, MSC has partnered with more than 200 U.S. hospitals to reduce sepsis-associated mortality and lower sepsis healthcare costs through an innovative simulation-based education and assessment program for frontline healthcare providers. A California healthcare system partner has experienced a 65% decrease in mortality (representing 1,300 lives saved) and realized over $47 million in healthcare cost savings following implementation of MSC’s Sepsis Quality Initiative Program.5

For more information about the Sepsis, Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, and Venous Thromboembolism Quality Initiative Programs, visit www.medsimulation.com/QualityInitiativePrograms.asp.