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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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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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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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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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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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Emergency Department Case Management Program to Reduce High-Frequency Patient Utilization for Hospital and Community

An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

March 27th, 2015
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Decreasing Incidence of Mislabeled Specimens in the Emergency Department by Integrating Daily Safe Practices for Proper Labeling

In the winter of 2010, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital initiated its first Comprehensive Unit-Bas...

February 1st, 2012
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Improving Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Emergency Department Community-Acquired Pneumonia

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' inpatient quality reporting program includes appr...

February 1st, 2012
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