Severe sepsis kills approximately 30% of those who develop it and another 20% die within six months as a result of lingering damage. A prompt diagnosis and thorough treatment are necessary to saving lives.

Participating hospitals will reduce their baseline for hospital defined sepsis mortality by a minimum of 30%. . Individual improvement goals will be determined by each facility and may vary.

Hospitals will submit data on a quarterly basis for initiatives. When possible, hospitals will provide historical data to establish a baseline for improvement. Improvement will be determined by a trend line. The slope of the line from the baseline until the end of the data collection period will be used to determine if the improvement goal was successfully obtained.

Each hospital will provide their definition of sepsis and severe sepsis for their facility’s improvement data.

Baseline:
Rolling 12 months Q307–Q208 prior data or Q109 data if not previously supplied.