Funded by a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation,
UCSF’s Integrated Nurse Leadership Program recruited nine Bay
Area hospitals for a two-year patient safety collaborative aimed
at reducing sepsis mortality rates.
In 2009, hospitals within the Daughters of Charity Health System
launched the Clinical Advancement in Research and Education
(CARE) project, also funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore
Foundation, for its three northern California hospitals.
The 40 hospitals within Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) in 2007
launched a three-year initiative aimed at reducing inpatient
severe sepsis mortality by five percent across all hospitals.
Sharp HealthCare treats more than 600,000 patients every
year. Since 2007, a top quality care initiative has been to
quickly identify and reduce a serious infection known as sepsis.
Each year sepsis affects 750,000 people across the country.
When patients enter the hospital with a serious infection they
want to know they’re getting the highest quality care. Kaiser
Permanente is committed to quickly identifying and treating life
threatening infections known as sepsis.
