Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Improvement Stories

	Log In/Register
	Contact Us
	Site Map

More Search Options

	Home > Topics > Critical Care > Sepsis > Improvement Stories

Programs

Topics

Improvement

Leading System Improvement

End Stage Renal Disease

Flow

Healthcare-Associated Infections

Health Professions Education

HIV/AIDS

Last Phase of Life

Medical-Surgical Care

Office Practices

Patient-Centered Care

Sepsis

IHI.org has two types of Improvement Stories:

IHI.org Stories that describe the changes and results in specific organizations.
Improvement Project Reports from IHI.org users that describe improvement projects in their organizations.

We all learn from others' experiences testing and implementing changes in real settings — who should be on the team; what measures were tracked; which changes worked best or didn't work at all; and what lessons were learned.

Improvement Project Reports, submitted by IHI.org users, accelerate our learning. In the spirit of "all teach, all learn," we encourage you to share your Improvement Report with the IHI.org community. Please click the Submit an Improvement Report button below.

Choose the story types you would like to see:

Improvement Project Reports
IHI.org Stories

only the story types I've requested

Early Goal Directed Therapy Reduces Sepsis Complications and Mortality
At PeaceHealth/St. Joseph Hospital (Bellingham, Washington, USA), a partnership between the ICU and the ED, as well as ongoing surveillance and feedback to individual providers, reduced mortality related to severe sepsis and septic shock from 41-50 percent in the two months prior to implementation to an average of 17 percent after implementation of the Sepsis Resuscitation and Sepsis Management Bundles.

Defeating Sepsis: 25 Percent by 2009
The goal of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign is to reduce the risk of dying from sepsis by 25 percent by 2009. Forty-one countries are participating in this international collaborative effort to improve the treatment of sepsis and reduce the high mortality rate associated with the condition.

Sepsis: Putting the Pieces Together
Baptist Memorial Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee, USA) describes their work to reduce mortality from sepsis in their intensive care settings.

Sepsis Care Enters New Era
They are principles key to transforming health care: teamwork and adherence to standards. In a demonstration of exactly these qualities, a worldwide movement, the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC), in partnership with the Institution for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), is breaking new ground in a battle against an elusive foe.

IHI Contributing to Bold International Campaign to Dramatically Reduce Mortality from Sepsis
A team of clinicians and quality leaders from IHI is helping to drive forward the work of a remarkable international partnership, dedicated to reducing the global toll of sepsis — a deadly syndrome that kills more people in a year in North America than breast cancer, lung cancer, and colon cancer combined.

First Steps and Measures to Reduce Sepsis Mortality
University of Rochester/Strong Health (Rochester, New York, USA) implemented the 2004 Surviving Sepsis Campaign clinical practice guidelines, using a previous iteration of the Sepsis Bundle to decrease septic patients’ overall mortality.



Find a Colleague Changes Improvement Tracker

Are you looking for something in particular?

It's easy to do with "More Search Options."

Click "More Search Options" (located above, under the Search box).
Enter keywords.
Check the box for "Improvement Stories" to search within this content type.
To also refine your search within a specific Topic or Subtopic, check the appropriate boxes.
Click "Search."
The results that match your search criteria will be displayed.