Improving MICU O:E mortality ratio

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"Improve physician and nursing documentation to capture severity of illness, comorbidity, and risk of mortality for Medicare payer patients with diagnosis of sepsis, respiratory failure, and poisoning in patients: greater than 18 years of age; greater than or equal to 1 day of ICU care, and are discharged from either Pulmonary/Critical Care, Internal Medicine, or Family Medicine. As measured by: 10 percent improvement in observed to expected mortality ratio, comorbidity and major comorbidity (CC/MCC) capture rates through chart review of all patients and education of clinicians, and increase reimbursement through increase capture of MCCs and CCs."--Aim statement.

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