Healthcare System Targets Sepsis and Sees Rewards

BRG professionals worked with an independent not-for-profit healthcare system in the northeastern United States to address the risk and impacts of sepsis. The system consisted of one level 1 trauma center, one community hospital, one specialty hospital, and one critical access hospital with outpatient centers and provider practices with over 1,200 beds total. This system varied in size, geography, social economical, and unique patient populations; however, its entities shared an electronic health record (EHR) for the system.

Prior to the engagement, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Sepsis Bundle Compliance (SEP-1) was 13% for the system; severe sepsis/septic shock mortality was 26%; and sepsis readmission was 25%, with an average length of stay (LOS) of 7.6 days.

BRG conducted a comprehensive engagement focused on decreasing the risk of sepsis.