Delayed rapid response team activation is associated with increased hospital mortality, morbidity, and length of stay in a tertiary care institution. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Delayed rapid response team activation is associated with increased hospital mortality, morbidity, and length of stay in a tertiary care institution. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published October 2015

Delayed rapid response team activation is associated with increased hospital mortality, morbidity, and length of stay in a tertiary care institution.

Barwise A, Thongprayoon C, Gajic O, Jensen J, Herasevich V, Pickering BW. Crit Care Med. 2015 Oct 9; [Epub ahead of print].

Despite widespread implementation of rapid response systems, they remain controversial. This study showed that delayed activation of rapid response was associated with worse morbidity and higher mortality compared to timely rapid response implementation. This work adds torecent data suggesting that rapid response improves patient safety.

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