According to recent estimates from the Centers for Disease Control, sepsis contributes to 1.7 million hospitalizations annually and 1 in 3 of all hospital deaths in the US. Hallie Prescott, M.D., of Michigan Medicine, has both studied sepsis and cared for patients with the disease for years. Prescott answers a few questions about her work towards expanding sepsis care improvement efforts in this article from the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation.