New York State regulations mandating protocol-based sepsis care may have unintended consequences. Hospitals should have maximal flexibility in deciding how to implement protocol-guided care so that they can respond appropriately as the evidence changes.
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This article was published on May 21, 2017, at NEJM.org.
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From the Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (T.B.H.), and the CRISMA Center, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (J.M.K.), Pittsburgh.