Stopping Clots While Saving Time: Creating an EPIC Index for a Vital Daily Task

Authors

Juergen Kloo, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Jeffrey Riggio, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

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Description

Introduction

• Appropriate thromboprophylaxis is a pressing issue across the united states and the rate of VTE at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is higher than hospitals of similar complexity.
• A new tool was created for our EPIC EMR, the VTE Merli Index, that provided at a glance and detailed feedback regarding VTE prophylaxis status
• Prior to implementation of the index, we studied its ease of use. Our goal was to show the tool would decrease the amount of time and number of clicks required to interrogate the EMR for relevant VTE information by at least 50%.

Publication Date

6-6-2019

City

Philadelphia

Keywords

quality improvement, EPIC, VTE index tool, prophylaxis

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences | Surgery

Comments

Presented at the 2019 House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference

Recommended Citation

Kloo, MD, Juergen and Riggio, MD, Jeffrey, "Stopping Clots While Saving Time: Creating an EPIC Index for a Vital Daily Task" (2019). House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference (2016-2019). Poster 127.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/patientsafetyposters/127