Case Study: Thibodaux Regional Medical Center halves sepsis mortality and lowers costs with Health Catalyst

Labor and Delivery Transformations Lower Costs and Improve Care

Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, a Louisiana community hospital with a busy Level 2 ED, sought to further reduce sepsis mortality even though its rates were already below the national average. To do this it formed a sepsis improvement team and partnered with Health Catalyst, leveraging their Late‑Binding™ Data Warehouse, Catalyst Analytics Platform, Key Process Analysis (KPA) and Sepsis Advanced Application alongside professional and installation services to prioritize sepsis as a top clinical opportunity and engage clinicians in change.

Health Catalyst’s analytics and applications supported rapid deployment of best‑practice sepsis screening, EHR alerts, triage protocols, three‑hour bundle order sets, and a focused adoption program with clinician education. Within six months Thibodaux cut sepsis mortality by 18 (to roughly half the national average), reduced average variable cost for sepsis patients by 7.3% (including a 0.96‑day ICU LOS reduction), raised patient satisfaction to the 93rd percentile (+7%), achieved 99% triage screening, and substantially improved bundle compliance and timely antibiotics—demonstrating measurable clinical, financial, and patient‑experience impact.

Thibodaux Regional Medical Center

Richelle Dufour

RN, BSN Clinical Director Women’s Center