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  1. Improved prophylaxis and decreased rates of preventable harm with the use of a mandatory computerized clinical decision support tool for prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in trauma. | PSNet

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    June 21, 2016 - Study Improved prophylaxis and decreased rates of preventable harm with the use of … a mandatory computerized clinical decision support tool for prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in … clinical decision support tool for prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in trauma. … clinical decision support tool for prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in trauma. … February 17, 2011 Reducing anticoagulant medication adverse events and avoidable patient

  2. Preface | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/preface.html
    March 01, 2016 - practices, the rates are much higher. 10-12 When patients survive the VTE event and acute course of anticoagulant … Patients and their families relay powerful personal stories related to loss of function, difficulty with anticoagulant … while avoiding over-prophylaxis of those who are not. … Evidence-based protocols that standardize VTE risk assessment and prophylaxis. … (50-60 percent) and pharmacologic prophylaxis (10-20 percent of doses commonly not delivered).

  3. Preface | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/preface.html
    March 01, 2016 - practices, the rates are much higher. 10-12 When patients survive the VTE event and acute course of anticoagulant … Patients and their families relay powerful personal stories related to loss of function, difficulty with anticoagulant … while avoiding over-prophylaxis of those who are not. … Evidence-based protocols that standardize VTE risk assessment and prophylaxis. … (50-60 percent) and pharmacologic prophylaxis (10-20 percent of doses commonly not delivered).

  4. Anticoagulation: Held Too Long | PSNet

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    April 01, 2008 - First, the risk of TE while anticoagulants are withheld must be estimated. … For patients on OAC due to VTE, use of prophylaxis-dose anticoagulation may be an efficacious and safer … Extended oral anticoagulant therapy after a first episode of pulmonary embolism. … Strongly consider prophylaxis-dose anticoagulation postoperatively for patients anticoagulated for prior … Strongly consider prophylaxis-dose anticoagulation postoperatively for patients anticoagulated for prior

  5. Recommendations from the British Committee for Standards in Haematology and National Patient Safety Agency. | PSNet

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    November 12, 2014 - Safety indicators for inpatient and outpatient oral anticoagulant care: [corrected] Recommendations from … The authors provide guidelines to help manage risks and ensure the safe administration of oral anticoagulant … Safety indicators for inpatient and outpatient oral anticoagulant care: [corrected] Recommendations from … November 13, 2024 Modes of failure in venous thromboembolism prophylaxis. … See More About The Topic Physicians Nurses Hematology Administration Errors Anticoagulants

  6. Practices to prevent venous thromboembolism: a brief review. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/practices-prevent-venous-thromboembolism-brief-review
    June 21, 2016 - June 21, 2016 Improved prophylaxis and decreased rates of preventable harm with the use … of a mandatory computerized clinical decision support tool for prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism … December 30, 2014 Improved prophylaxis and decreased rates of preventable harm with the … use of a mandatory computerized clinical decision support tool for prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism … September 20, 2012 Reducing anticoagulant medication adverse events and avoidable patient

  7. SMART/FHIR | Digital Healthcare Research

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    August 01, 2024 - , hybrid type II trial of interoperable clinical decision support to improve venous thromboembolism prophylaxis … , hybrid type II trial of interoperable clinical decision support to improve venous thromboembolism prophylaxis … Ozaydin, Bunyamin Implementation of DDInteract: A Shared Decision Making Tool for Anticoagulant … DDInteract, a shared decision making clinical decision support tool that aims to reduce harm from oral anticoagulant

  8. Inappropriate prescriptions of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in hospitalized patients: a narrative review. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inappropriate-prescriptions-direct-oral-anticoagulants-doacs-hospitalized-patients-narrative
    November 21, 2018 - Review Inappropriate prescriptions of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in hospitalized … Inappropriate prescriptions of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in hospitalized patients: a narrative … clinical consequences of potentially inappropriate inpatient prescribing of DOACs and how pharmacists and anticoagulant … August 30, 2023 Modes of failure in venous thromboembolism prophylaxis. … December 30, 2014 Reducing anticoagulant medication adverse events and avoidable patient

  9. Thromboembolism | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2024 - , hybrid type II trial of interoperable clinical decision support to improve venous thromboembolism prophylaxis … , hybrid type II trial of interoperable clinical decision support to improve venous thromboembolism prophylaxis … Support System Implementation of DDInteract: A Shared Decision Making Tool for Anticoagulant … Ronilda Drug-drug interaction between dexamethasone and direct-acting oral anticoagulants … Drug-drug interaction between dexamethasone and direct-acting oral anticoagulants: A nested case-control

  10. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guidesum.html
    March 01, 2016 - While VTE sometimes occurs despite the best available prophylaxis, there are many lost opportunities … to optimize prophylaxis and reduce VTE risk factors in virtually every hospital. … harms, costs, and discomfort associated with prophylactic methods; for some inpatients, the risk of anticoagulant … prophylaxis may outweigh the risk of HA-VTE. … rates, and other parameters (e.g., adherence to prescribed prophylaxis).

  11. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guidesum.html
    March 01, 2016 - While VTE sometimes occurs despite the best available prophylaxis, there are many lost opportunities … to optimize prophylaxis and reduce VTE risk factors in virtually every hospital. … harms, costs, and discomfort associated with prophylactic methods; for some inpatients, the risk of anticoagulant … prophylaxis may outweigh the risk of HA-VTE. … rates, and other parameters (e.g., adherence to prescribed prophylaxis).

  12. Preface | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/preface.html
    March 01, 2016 - practices, the rates are much higher. 10-12 When patients survive the VTE event and acute course of anticoagulant … Patients and their families relay powerful personal stories related to loss of function, difficulty with anticoagulant … while avoiding over-prophylaxis of those who are not. … Evidence-based protocols that standardize VTE risk assessment and prophylaxis. … (50-60 percent) and pharmacologic prophylaxis (10-20 percent of doses commonly not delivered).

  13. Preventability of hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventability-hospital-acquired-venous-thromboembolism
    December 21, 2014 - hospital found that many patients who developed VTE while hospitalized were prescribed appropriate prophylaxis … The authors point out that since current quality metrics measure only prescription of VTE prophylaxis … Moreover, nearly half of the patients with VTE had received prophylaxis that is currently considered … Download Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Improved prophylaxis … February 15, 2012 Reducing anticoagulant medication adverse events and avoidable patient

  14. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/vtguide/guidesum.html
    March 01, 2016 - While VTE sometimes occurs despite the best available prophylaxis, there are many lost opportunities … to optimize prophylaxis and reduce VTE risk factors in virtually every hospital. … harms, costs, and discomfort associated with prophylactic methods; for some inpatients, the risk of anticoagulant … prophylaxis may outweigh the risk of HA-VTE. … rates, and other parameters (e.g., adherence to prescribed prophylaxis).

  15. Final Progress Report: Optimal Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism (pdf file)

    ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/maynard-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - The use of primary prophylaxis has been shown to decrease VTE [8]. … Percent of patients on adequate prophylaxis: Our audits assessed the VTE risk level and adequacy of prophylaxis … Finally, we asked nurses to evaluate patients who were not on therapeutic or prophylactic doses of anticoagulants … assessment to guide choice of VTE prophylaxis is available. … could be merged with a pharmacy-generated listing of patients on any prophylactic or therapeutic anticoagulant

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49602/psn-pdf
    April 01, 2010 - Patients require oral anticoagulant therapy for many different reasons, including prevention of stroke … For patients on OAC due to VTE, use of prophylaxis-dose anticoagulation may be an efficacious and safer … Extended oral anticoagulant therapy after a first episode of pulmonary embolism. … Strongly consider prophylaxis-dose anticoagulation postoperatively for patients anticoagulated for … Strongly consider prophylaxis- dose anticoagulation postoperatively for patients anticoagulated

  17. Final Progress Report: Optimal Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/maynard-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - The use of primary prophylaxis has been shown to decrease VTE [8]. … Percent of patients on adequate prophylaxis: Our audits assessed the VTE risk level and adequacy of prophylaxis … Finally, we asked nurses to evaluate patients who were not on therapeutic or prophylactic doses of anticoagulants … assessment to guide choice of VTE prophylaxis is available. … could be merged with a pharmacy-generated listing of patients on any prophylactic or therapeutic anticoagulant

  18. Systematic Review Update of Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Orthopedic Surgery | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/thromboembolism-update/research-protocol
    January 01, 2021 - A variety of strategies to prevent VTE are available, including pharmacological (antiplatelet, anticoagulant … Available drugs are anticoagulants that lower the likelihood that blood clots. … Mesh] or venous thromboembol* or VTE or "Venous Thrombosis"[Mesh] or venous thrombos* or clot AND "Anticoagulants … Thromboembolism or venous thromboembol* or VTE or Venous Thrombosis or venous thrombos* or clot AND Anticoagulants … Thromboembolism or venous thromboembol* or VTE or Venous Thrombosis or venous thrombos* or clot AND Anticoagulants

  19. Slide 1 (ppt file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/vtguide/hopkinsinternalmed-slides.ppt
    January 01, 2013 - Factors *Major VTE Risk Factor *Contraindications *Contraindications TEDs/SCDs Use mechanical prophylaxis … Review patient status daily (0,2) TEDs/SCDs Use mechanical prophylaxis until contraindication no longer … Contraindications High Risk W/ Systemic Anticoagulation High Risk w/o contraindications TEDs/SCDs Use mechanical prophylaxis … Review patient status daily (6,2) TEDs/SCDs Use mechanical prophylaxis until contraindication no longer … relevant labs imported from database Mandatory Selections Risk Factors Contraindications Prophylaxis

  20. Pharmacologic and Mechanical Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism Among Special Populations | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/vte-prophyalaxis/research
    December 01, 2019 - Home Evidence Reports Pharmacologic and Mechanical Prophylaxis … SHARE: Pharmacologic and Mechanical Prophylaxis … Project Timeline Pharmacologic and Mechanical Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism Among Special Populations … Treatments Rapid Evidence Product Jan 16, 2024 Reducing Adverse Drug Events Related to Anticoagulant … Internet Citation: Systematic Review: Pharmacologic and Mechanical Prophylaxis
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