#TROPONIN, #LABORATORY, #EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
IMPLEMENTING HIGH SENSITIVITY TROPONIN I: A LABORATORY LED APPROACH TO CHEST PAIN EVALUATION
Held April 20, 2026
PACE Credit & Florida CE Credit available until October 20, 2026
CYNDEE L. JONES, MS, CLS
Senior Director of Laboratory Services, Valley Health System
This educational webinar focuses on the real world implementation of hs cTnI from a laboratory director’s perspective. Attendees will learn from firsthand experience how change management, governance, communication, and pathway alignment were approached during implementation. The session is designed to share lessons learned, common challenges, and considerations for working with ED and cardiology colleagues when integrating hs cTnI into existing workflows.
#POINT OF CARE, #URGENT CARE
THE IMPACT OF POINT OF CARE TESTING ON URGENT CARE THROUGHPUT
Held December 18, 2025
PACE Credit & Florida CE Credit available until May 18, 2026
ERIN WATSON, MD, EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN
Clinical Associate Professor, Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Emergency departments are overwhelmed, often managing patients who could be safely treated in urgent care settings if the right diagnostic tools were available. Without point-of-care testing (POCT), urgent care centers may face challenges in rapidly assessing and managing mid-acuity cases, leading to unnecessary ED transfers and longer wait times.
This gap affects both patient outcomes and institutional efficiency. Patients, especially seniors, face delays and overcrowded EDs, while health systems miss opportunities to reduce costs and improve throughput. Expanding the capabilities of urgent care centers may help increase their utilization and ability to alleviate system strain.
#POINT OF CARE, #SEPSIS, #EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, #LACTATE TESTING
STRATEGY FOR IMPROVING PRIMARY
SEPSIS OUTCOMES USING LACTATE TESTING
Held December 6, 2023
CE has expired.
TERESA ARRINGTON, MBA, PMP, LSSMBB
System Quality & Patient Safety Director, Director of Robust Process Improvement for Quality & Patient Safety at Ochsner Health
LISA BIRDSALL FORT MD, MPH
Emergency Medicine, Ochsner Health
Ochsner Baptist - A Campus of Ochsner Medical Center
This webinar covers one hospital system’s journey to incorporate lactate testing into the standard of care for patients who present to the ED with symptoms of sepsis and their successful 'sepsis drive-team' structure, with the goal of reducing:
#POINT OF CARE, #TROPONIN, #EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
HOW HIGH SENSITIVITY POC TROPONIN TESTING CAN AID IN AMI DIAGNOSIS
Held July 10, 2025
CE has expired.
LOUISE CULLEN, MD
Professor, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Many emergency departments still face challenges in rapidly identifying patients at risk for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), especially in settings where access to central lab testing is limited. While high sensitivity troponin assays are now widely recognized for their diagnostic value, healthcare practitioners continue to adopt varied protocols when using
point of care versions of these assays to support early decision-making in chest pain pathways.
#POINT OF CARE, #hs-TnI ASSAYS, #TROPONIN, #EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
LET’S TALK TROPONIN:
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HIGH-SENSITIVITY TROPONIN ASSAYS
Held April 24, 2025
CE has expired.
SIMON A. MAHLER MD, MS, FACEP
Professor and Vice Chair of Research. Department of Emergency Medicine, Professor of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Many institutions have not yet adopted high-sensitivity troponin assays in the United States ... even though these assays are now recognized by AHA/ACC as the biomarkers of choice1 in aiding in the diagnosis and disposition for patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome.