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The Use of Health Information Technology to Improve Sepsis Care

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Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2017

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  1. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    J. L. Darby

  2. Dept of Critical Care Medicine and Dept of Medicine and Health Policy & Management, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 602B Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street, PA 15261, Pittsburgh, USA

    J. M. Kahn

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    Jean-Louis Vincent

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Darby, J.L., Kahn, J.M. (2017). The Use of Health Information Technology to Improve Sepsis Care. In: Vincent, JL. (eds) Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2017. Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51908-1_39

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