CASE STUDY

Sepsis compliance: From point of contention to point of pride

At a small Northwest hospital, the emergency medicine team was struggling to implement protocols that would satisfy the sepsis bundle, first introduced in 2015 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), while also bringing meaningful care to patients who were dealing with the condition.

Sound's emergency medicine medical director collaborated with hospital leadership and clinicians to align and tighten the timing of processes to meet the complicated algorithm and demanding documentation for sepsis compliance.