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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    Care Coordination Across the Continuum to Improve Transitions of Care with the Goal of Reducing Readmissions

    The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...

    June 16th, 2015
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    Lean/Six Sigma Methods Reduce Troponin Turnaround Time for Emergency Department Patients in a 500-Bed Tertiary Hospital Level I Trauma Center

    National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

    June 10th, 2015
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    Reduction in Blood Culture Contamination Rates in the ED Through Use of Skin Cleansing and Antisepsis Prior to Blood Draw

    July 2009-October 2011 baseline data for the blood culture contamination rate in the ED showed it...

    June 8th, 2015
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    Reducing Readmissions: A Strategic Initiative to Look at All Preventable Readmissions and How the Hospital Can Make a Difference in the Health of the Community

    Phase I consisted of developing and implementing protocols for cases presenting to the emergency ...

    June 4th, 2015
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    Reducing Readmissions CQI+ Team-Implementing Change Through the IHA Project RED Collaborative

    The all-cause, 30-day readmission rates for the hospital are higher than both the state and natio...

    June 3rd, 2015
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    Reducing Avoidable Hospital Readmissions for the Heart Failure Population

    To align the hospital ministry with the needs of the community and to reduce avoidable health car...

    June 2nd, 2015
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