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Evolution of a rapid response system from voluntary to mandatory activation.

January 3, 2017

Jones CM, Bleyer AJ, Petree B. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36(6):266-70, 241.

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This commentary discusses how one hospital mandated calls to the rapid response system (RRS) if patients met certain objective physiologic criteria. Mandating use of the RRS was associated with improved clinical outcomes. A related editorial details the challenges inherent in implementing a complex system change such as an RRS.

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