Decisive action saves lives
Caught too late or left unchecked, patient deterioration often leads to cardiac arrest and preventable death. The ART Program empowers acute care nurses in how to recognize a deteriorating patient, initiate timely intervention, and transform outcomes.
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Develop clinical judgment
Elevate quality of care
Reduce preventable errors & deaths
Improve competence, confidence, and care
According to a study published in the 1Journal of Patient Safety, there are more than 400,000 preventable hospital deaths in America every year. The ART Program, exclusively available through HealthStream, equips proactive hospitals with an educational framework proven to significantly reduce preventable deaths by up to 50% while simultaneously:
- Maximizing value-based payouts
- Meeting Joint Commission requirements
- Reducing risk and litigation
- Becoming an employer of choice
A scalable framework proven to reduce preventable deaths
Founded on clinical data and research, the ART Program explores the four primary risk pathways that lead to cardiac arrest, medical error, and preventable death. By anticipating the “Fatal 15” associated with each pathway, acute care nurses can recognize signs of patient deterioration and target appropriate care to stabilize a patient before cardiac arrest ever begins.
Keep patients safe and staff engaged
The ART Program integrates seamlessly with existing technology, processes, and established resuscitation training methods.
- Engaging, online self-paced content and interactive on-screen simulations suit various learning styles.
- Resources, including a mobile app, the ART Wheel, and pathway cards, help front-line caregivers in everyday practice.
- Provides CE and CME credit
Building the program
The ART Program was founded by Dr. Daniel Davis, a leading emergency medicine physician with over 25 years of experience in hospital, EMS, and helicopter settings. Dr. Davis pioneered and piloted the ART Program at UC-San Diego where he saw a 50% improvement in arrest rates after introducing the program.
Dr. Davis and HealthStream formed an exclusive partnership to scale the ART Program and deliver it to hospitals committed to improving outcomes and providing safe, quality care.
The ART Program is a low-cost, high-return investment
By standardizing and elevating acute care, patients survive and clinicians thrive. The ART Program allows hospitals to lower risk while improving value-based payouts, patient satisfaction, community perception, and clinician morale.
Can you afford not to reduce preventable death?
Implementing the ART Program is a win, win, win for patients, clinicians, and hospitals. It is possible to prevent cardiac arrests before they happen and to reduce preventable deaths by up to 50%.
Join us in improving the quality of healthcare and ultimately, saving more lives.
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