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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    Standardized Total Knee Replacement Analgesia Protocol Reduces Pain by 20% in Patients in an Academic Medical Center

    The goal of this project was to standardize protocols for controlling patient pain following tota...

    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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    Decreasing VTE Rate and Length of Stay for Total Joint Patients Through an Interdisciplinary Orthopedic Co-Management Collaborative

    The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...

    September 16th, 2016
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    Improving Performance Using Evidence-Based Principles; Improving Discharge to Prevent Hospital Readmission of Heart Failure Patients

    The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...

    May 27th, 2015
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    Implementation of Nursing Mobility Protocol to Foster Consistent Earlier Mobility of Patients in an Intensive Care Unit

    Variation and delays in the early mobilization of patients in the ICU can result in an increased ...

    April 3rd, 2015
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