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Respiratory

RAPID · Respiratory Acceleration Pathway for Identification & Diagnosis

After a respiratory event, the next visit matters.

RAPID connects people who have had an acute respiratory event to the right clinician quickly, so conditions like asthma and COPD are found and managed sooner.

Objective
Make guideline-recommended follow-up the standard after every acute respiratory event.

What it involves

Awareness campaigns and Implementation Support Programs.

Under RAPID, awareness campaigns bring patients, families and partners together around what's changing in care, and Implementation Support Programs find what works and scale it rapidly.

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Awareness campaigns
Campaigns and their events
Respiratory healthSponsored
  • Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, May
  • Respiratory Care Week, October
  • COPD Awareness Month, November
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Implementation Support Programs
Sponsored separately, each with a defined protocol
Defined protocolUtilization gap
Post-Acute COPD Evaluation Pilot ISP 2026005
In development Memphis + Los Angeles
Know a gap we should test?Identify a gap

Campaigns can be sponsored: sponsors fund reach and content, never conclusions. Events and publications are promoted, not sponsored. Implementation Support Programs are sponsored separately and follow a defined protocol. Sponsors may help identify implementation challenges, populations or outcomes of interest. Design, governance and evaluation stay independent. How we stay independent

Get involved

Everyone has a part to play.

Health systems and employers
Become an implementation hub.

Bring RAPID to your patients or workforce. We start with a 30-minute discovery call to define one gap, your population and a baseline.

  • Implementation activities funded under written agreements, never tied to product selection or volume
  • Live in as little as four weeks
  • A defined protocol and measures set up front
  • Results you can share with your patients and board
Patients and advocacy organizations
We amplify your work

We send patients to your resources and feature your experts during COPD Awareness Month. Partnering starts with a single post.

Partner with AHIS
Clinicians and researchers
Get featured

Leading work that closes this gap? Complete a member profile and we may feature it in a Member Spotlight, a campaign or an ISP impact report. Featured clinicians disclose relevant relationships.

Share your work
Sponsors
Sponsor the work

Sponsor an awareness campaign, or an Implementation Support Program under a defined protocol.

Sponsor

AHIS selects who is featured. Sponsors don't. Participation by sponsors, members or partners does not imply AHIS endorsement or preferential treatment.

Let's close this gap together.

Host a site, become an implementation hub, or support the initiative.

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