"Educational outreach visiting is effective at improving doctors' provision of pharmacological VTE prophylaxis to hospitalised medical patients. It was also found to be an acceptable implementation strategy by the majority of participants; however, it was resource intensive requiring on average 92 minutes per visit."
Educational outreach visits to improve venous thromboembolism prevention in hospitalised medical patients: a prospective before-and-after intervention study
J Duff, A Omari, S Middleton, E McInnes, K Walker
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:398
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QIPP stands for Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention. The aim of this initiative is to help health care organisations deliver higher quality care and operate more efficiently and effectively.
Showing posts with label prophylaxis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prophylaxis. Show all posts
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Educational outreach visits to improve venous thromboembolism prevention in hospitalised medical patients
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educational outreach visits,
improvement,
prevention,
prophylaxis,
venous thromboembolism,
VTE
Sunday, 9 June 2013
Implementation of nice guidance on venous thromboembolism risk assessment and prophylaxis
"Our results show an improvement in the percentage of patients who are risk assessed for VTE across all hospitals."
The implementation of nice guidance on venous thromboembolism risk assessment and prophylaxis: a before-after observational study to assess the impact on patient safety across four hospitals in England
AG Bateman, R Sheaff, S Child, O Boiko, OC Ukoumunne, T Nokes, A Copplestone, CA Gericke
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:203
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The implementation of nice guidance on venous thromboembolism risk assessment and prophylaxis: a before-after observational study to assess the impact on patient safety across four hospitals in England
AG Bateman, R Sheaff, S Child, O Boiko, OC Ukoumunne, T Nokes, A Copplestone, CA Gericke
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:203
Read more here.
Labels:
guidelines,
improvement,
NICE,
patient safety,
prevention,
prophylaxis,
risk assessment,
venous thromboembolism
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