THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES have released sepsis care rankings for U.S. hospitals, with the average score for Rhode Island institutions among the bottom five states.
PROVIDENCE – The rate at which Rhode Island hospitals properly treat sepsis, a life-threatening reaction to infection that kills more than 200,000 people yearly across the nation, is nearly nine percentage points lower than the national average, and is fourth-worst in the United States, according to data released by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare…
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