SCCM Diagnostic Excellence Program

The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) was awarded a $100,000 grant by the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) to fund a diagnostic excellence program focusing on using education and technology for accurate and rapid cycle sepsis diagnosis. This program will develop online education with subject matter experts that will:

• Improve early sepsis detection and reduce delays and errors in diagnosis
• Address clinician implicit bias that may impact delays and errors in diagnosis, ensuring a safer, more equitable healthcare environment
• Describe the impact of diagnostic delays and errors, sepsis, and septic shock on the organization’s bottom line and reputation in the community
• Disseminate just-in-time strategies and toolkits that impact patient outcomes and reduce delays and errors in diagnosis, particularly when ruling out sepsis and septic shock

This competitive grant program administered by CMSS and funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation supports the development and dissemination of resources and programs to improve the timeliness, accuracy, safety, efficiency, patient-centeredness, and equity of diagnostic outcomes for patients in the United States.

Society of Critical Care Medicine contact: Susan R. Lacey, PhD, RN, CNL, FAAN