Sepsis Consortium
The Kentucky Sepsis Consortium is working with hospitals statewide to reduce the morbidity and mortality caused by sepsis. Kentucky hospitals are working together toward standardization of early detection and timely treatment of sepsis through engagement in development of multi-disciplinary teams to embrace collaborative learning in order to achieve appropriate, timely and reliable implementation of evidence based interventions. Sepsis Certified Hospitals
Baptist Health Louisville
Baptist Health Paducah
CHI Saint Joseph Health – Saint Joseph East
Kindred Hospital Louisville
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital
Saint Joseph Hospital
The Kentucky Sepsis Consortium Journey
2012: The Early Days
Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA) begins
actively assisting hospitals with sepsis work through education, data collection and reporting, quality improvement groups, and individual coaching.
2019: Sepsis Advocacy
Work began to create a statewide consortium of hospitals as a result of a sepsis survivor, Darrell Raikes, reaching out to his senator, Jimmy Higdon, to seek legislation to require certain activities with inspections and penalties attached.
2020: Consortium Established
KHA offered to create an improvement collaborative in lieu of proposed regulations. The Kentucky Sepsis Consortium was officially created on June 15.
Hospitals Join
There are 94 participating hospitals in the Consortium – 100% of Kentucky hospitals with an emergency department plus one additional facility
Where We Stand Today
KHA provides assistance and support with: screening tools, treatment protocols, interprofessional education, process & outcome metric collection, best practice processes, coaching, and data reports for assessing progress and benchmarking.