Costs and benefits of an early-alert surveillance system for hospital inpatients.

Albert Marchetti; Joshua Jacobs; Michael Young; John Martin; Richard Rossiter

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Costs and benefits of an early-alert surveillance system for hospital inpatients.

January 18, 2011

Marchetti A, Jacobs J, Young M, et al. Curr Med Res Opin. 2007;23(1):9-16.

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The authors analyzed the economic impact of an automated early alert system for patient distress by simulating clinical events and estimating the costs associated with preventing and managing these events.

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