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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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"First, Do No Harm": Balancing Competing Priorities in Surgical Practice

Purpose: To explore surgeons' perceptions of the factors that influence their intraoperative deci...

October 10th, 2012
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Defining Impact of a Rapid Response Team: Qualitative Study with Nurses, Physicians and Hospital Administrators

Adoption of rapid response teams has grown dramatically in hospital settings. Despite limited evi...

March 2nd, 2012
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The patient handoff: a comprehensive curricular blueprint for resident education to improve continuity of care.

This commentary describes a template to standardize handoff education to drive safety improvement.

February 22nd, 2012
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Improving Medication Management Following Hospital Discharge through Patient-Centered Education and In-Home Monitoring

The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

February 1st, 2012
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Updating Electronic Medical Records to Include Race, Ethnicity and Language Data

San Mateo Medical Center San Mateo, CA307 Beds The Problem San Mateo Medical Center has collecte...

February 1st, 2012
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Holy Cross Hospital Geriatric Emergency Department

Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...

January 1st, 2012
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Medication Errors During Patient Transitions into Nursing Homes: Characteristics and Association With Patient Harm

Transitions across care settings introduce risk for patient harm, and medication errors are an im...

December 1st, 2011
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