2025 Event agenda

9th national forum on sepsis

november 6, 2025
10am EST

Agenda

roundtable 1

new sepsis legislation & Policy: what they mean for hospitals nationwide

Sepsis is now at the center of federal health policy. New and proposed measures from CDC and CMS, along with pending legislation like the SEPSIS Act, are set to transform how hospitals identify, report and treat sepsis. This high-level session will unpack what these changes mean on the ground. Leaders from CMS and CDC will engage in a dialogue that unpacks how outcome and process measures, quality reporting and incentive programs are designed to drive care improvement, compliance and accountability. Adding a real-world perspective, leadership from New York’s largest hospital system will discuss how these policies are already reshaping practice. Together, the panel will explore how heightened federal focus is changing institutional culture around sepsis – and what that shift means for patient safety and quality improvement across the health system.

Roundtable 2

Trusted Messengers: The Urgent Need for a New Paradigm for
Health Communication – and How AI Will Change Everything.

Health communications experts explore the urgent need to equip clinicians as trusted health communicators in an era of competing public health information, diverse information sources and declining public trust. Panelists will examine the disruptive force of generative AI in healthcare communication and consider what role health systems, medical education and professional societies must play in elevating communication as a core competency in patient safety and sepsis care. Patient advocates will speak to the devastating consequences of poor physician communication on sepsis patient outcomes. 

Roundtable 3

The Next Frontier: How AI and New Technologies Are Transforming How Sepsis is Detected, Confirmed and Managed.

Leading innovators explore how artificial intelligence and advanced diagnostic technologies are transforming sepsis detection and management in hospital settings and evaluate their success. They will discuss the role of AI in early sepsis detection and red-flag identification, the integration of confirmatory blood-based diagnostic tests, and how these technologies work together across the care continuum. The session concludes with a forward-looking perspective on how emerging technologies might reshape sepsis care delivery over the next 3-5 years, offering participants actionable insights for leveraging these tools to improve patient outcomes.