Easy Identification of Missed DVT Prophylaxis-A Chance for Intervention

Authors

Kinjal Parikh, MD, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow
Shuwei Wang, MD, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow
Kimberly Conway, RN, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow
Rebecca C. Jaffe, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant Patient Safety Officer Thomas Jefferson University (TJU) & HospitalsFollow

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Goal:

"To minimize the number of missed or refused medications for inpatients so that adverse patient events such as PE or DVT are prevented"

SMART AIM: Within 3 months of initiating an EMR based electronic identification system for refused and missed medications, we will decrease the rate at which DVT prophylaxis was ordered however not eventually administered by 50%.

Publication Date

6-10-2016

Keywords

Easy Identification of Missed DVT Prophylaxis-A Chance for Intervention, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Quality and Safety

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

Recommended Citation

Parikh, MD, Kinjal; Wang, MD, Shuwei; Conway, RN, Kimberly; and Jaffe, MD, Rebecca C., "Easy Identification of Missed DVT Prophylaxis-A Chance for Intervention" (2016). House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference (2016-2019). Poster 15.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/patientsafetyposters/15