IHA case studies

    AHA Webinars

    Featured All AHA webinars are free of charge but require advance registration. AHA does not offer continui...

    May 11th, 2017
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    Early Identification and Treatment of Sepsis through Initiation of Response Team in the Emergency Department (ED CODE SEPSIS)

    According to the 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Stati...

    September 16th, 2016
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    Automated Wellbeing Checks by Text and Email Enhance the Care of Discharged Emergency Department and Immediate Care Patients

    In 2008, the health system’s program to contact discharged emergency department (ED) and immediat...

    September 16th, 2016
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    Breathalyzer Testing in Level I Trauma Center Emergency Department Improves Psychiatric Patient Length of Stay by 52 Minutes

    The emergency department (ED) was experiencing extended lengths of stay for psychiatric patients,...

    September 16th, 2016
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    Lean Six Sigma Reduces Troponin Turnaround Time by 94% for Cardiac Patients in Critical Access Hospital Emergency Department

    Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...

    September 16th, 2016
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    Ask Me To Explain Campaign: Improving Communication to Increase Patient Satisfaction in the Pediatric Emergency Department

    Parental satisfaction with pediatric emergency department visits has been argued to be best predi...

    June 16th, 2015
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    Improving Mortality for the Septic Patient with a Resuscitation Bundle in the Emergency Department (ED)

    A multidisciplinary committee found that despite an overall sepsis mortality rate similar to expe...

    May 28th, 2015
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    Safety of Behavioral Health Patients in the Emergency Department

    The medical center experienced a 115 percent increase in behavioral health (BH) patients presenti...

    March 26th, 2013
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