Clinical Challenges

Hospitals face the following challenges every day and, based on evidence, contribute to the greatest number of preventable deaths

Sepsis

Sepsis affects > 30 million people and accounts for roughly 6 million deaths globally every year

Medication Errors

Medication Errors kill and injure millions of people every year globally and contributes to over 98,000 deaths in US every year

Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs)

Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI’s) affects hundreds of millions people globally and accounts for roughly 99,000 deaths in the US every year

Care Teams

Adverse events and near misses impact the teams of individuals trying their best to care for patients.  Annually, this contributes to a healthcare turnover rate of more than 2.3 million professionals in the US every year.

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