Russell Medical was recently recognized as the lowest in the state for in-patient sepsis mortality. Pictured is Russell Medical’s Multidisciplinary Sepsis Team which is comprised of leaders from various hospital departments, including, from left, Jackie Mobley, Ralph Frohsin, Brenda Duncan, Janet Austin, Nancy Ammons, Sarah Beth Gettys, Misty Butler, Libby Loggins, Amanda Claybrook, Dr. Michele Goldhagen, Jerry Holley, Traci Kelley, Kathy Buchannon and Lori Turner.
Russell Medical was recently recognized as the lowest in the state for in-patient sepsis mortality. Pictured is Russell Medical’s Multidisciplinary Sepsis Team which is comprised of leaders from various hospital departments, including, from left, Jackie Mobley, Ralph Frohsin, Brenda Duncan, Janet Austin, Nancy Ammons, Sarah Beth Gettys, Misty Butler, Libby Loggins, Amanda Claybrook, Dr. Michele Goldhagen, Jerry Holley, Traci Kelley, Kathy Buchannon and Lori Turner.
Dexur, a data-driven hospital and healthcare news and research service, recently analyzed Medicare claims and found Russell Medical, South Baldwin Regional Medical Center, and Andalusia Health were the top three ranked hospitals with the lowest in-hospital sepsis mortality rate.
According to the release, Dexur’s analysis of Medicare claims data shows Russell Medical, Andalusia Health and South Baldwin Regional have the lowest sepsis in-hospital mortality rate at 7.42%, 7.53%, and 8.19%, respectively. Statewide sepsis in-hospital mortality rate for the same period was 16.84% as compared to the national rate of 13.42%.
