Data analytics have found that large medical facilities have higher rates of death from sepsis than their smaller hospital counterparts. Researchers from Houston Methodist Hospital recently used Big Data analytics to learn more about development and outcomes of sepsis in hospital settings. The results of this study, published in the journal Medical Care, show better understanding of the condition could lead to better outcomes and cost savings.

Researchers found 85 percent of sepsis patients had the condition on admission and the rest acquired it at the hospital. Additionally, the inpatient death rate was 17.2 percent overall, and was highest for hospital-acquired sepsis and the mortality rate was 38.6 percent for sepsis acquired in the medical setting and 29.2 percent when the condition was related to surgery.

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