STAT News: A popular algorithm to predict sepsis misses most cases and sends frequent false alarms, study finds

Casey Ross of STAT News covered our JAMA IM Epic Sepsis Model evaluation paper. Check out the article.

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Erkin Ötleş

Erkin Ötleş

I’m a physician-engineer and Emergency Medicine resident at UW–Madison. I am completing residency soon and am on the job market for faculty, clinical AI, informatics, and health IT leadership roles. This is my sporadically updated blog focused on engineering & medicine.

Casey Ross of STAT News covered our JAMA IM Epic Sepsis Model evaluation paper. Check out the article.

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