23/09/2026
When is suspected, the decisions made in those first minutes shape everything that follows. Tampa General Hospital is bringing that commitment into everyday care, and we couldn't be prouder to support the team in taking this step forward.
Tampa General Hospital is now the first academic health system in the Southeast to adopt , MeMed's 15-minute host-response test, integrated directly into its EHR-based ED sepsis alert workflow. It gives emergency teams fast information from the patient's own immune response to help distinguish bacterial from viral infections.
At one of the most critical decision points in emergency care, that information can help clinicians target antibiotics to the patients who need them, avoid unnecessary exposure for those who don't, and make more informed decisions about hospitalization.
It takes more than a decade of relentless work to bring a technology like this from the lab to the bedside. But lasting impact comes when innovation is rigorously evaluated and embedded in everyday clinical practice. That is exactly what Tampa General has done. The team studied host-response testing in nearly 900 ED patients, shared the evidence from the podium at SAEM and ADLM, and then translated it into live patient care. This is how academic medicine moves an entire field forward.
Deep gratitude to Tampa General Hospital for setting the standard for evidence-driven innovationץ
📃 For the entire press release: https://lnkd.in/eDA87sDx