title: Driving sepsis mortality down: emergency department and critical care partnerships.
abstract: This article describes the Baylor Health Care System (BHCS) approach to decreasing sepsis-related mortality within a large complex adaptive health care system. BHCS implemented sepsis care improvement initiatives based on the Surviving Sepsis Campaign early goal directed therapy guidelines. By adhering to rigorous process improvement and evidence-based practice principles, BHCS has demonstrated improvements in sepsis care processes and a significant reduction in sepsis mortality.
authors.affiliation: Office of the Chief Nursing Officer, Baylor Scott & White-North Texas, 2001 Bryan Street, Suite 600, Dallas, TX 75201, USA. Electronic address: KrisP@baylorhealth.edu.
authors.forename: Kristine K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.affiliation: Department of Critical Care, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, 3500 Gaston Avenue, Dallas, TX 75246, USA.
authors.forename: Rita J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Fowler
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D018805:Sepsis / Q000401:mortality / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Performance improvement; Sepsis; Sepsis mortality; Septic shock; Septicemia; Surviving Sepsis Campaign