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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips99.html
October 01, 2014 - hospitals to establish a VTE prevention protocol for assessment of patients' risk for hospital-acquired VTEs … also encourages hospitals to discard a commonly used protocol that assigns points to risk factors for VTEs … category is associated with a clear set of recommendations about the most appropriate measures to prevent VTEs … hospitals to provide drug therapy to prevent clots to all patients at moderate or high risk of developing VTEs … In addition, all hospital-acquired VTEs that the health information management department identifies
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips98.html
October 01, 2014 - hospitals to establish a VTE prevention protocol for assessment of patients' risk for hospital-acquired VTEs … toolkit encourages hospitals to discard a commonly used protocol that assigns points to risk factors for VTEs … category is associated with a clear set of recommendations about the most appropriate measures to prevent VTEs … hospitals to provide drug therapy to prevent clots to all patients at moderate or high risk of developing VTEs
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/interimhac2013-ap1.html
December 01, 2014 - procedures
78,000
2.4
VAPs
MPSMS (2013)
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
37,000
1.1
VTEs
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/hacrate2013-appendix.html
October 01, 2015 - procedures
79,000
2.4
VAPs
MPSMS (2013)
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
37,000
1.1
VTEs
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/topics/blood-clots.html
Pharmacologic methods to prevent VTEs are safe, effective, and cost-effective but are significantly underused
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/2014-final.html
January 01, 2018 - procedures
81,000
2.5
VAPs
MPSMS (2014)
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
38,000
1.2
VTEs
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/interimhacrate2014_2.pdf
November 19, 2015 - selected
procedures
79,000 2.4
VAPs MPSMS
(2014)
Ventilator-Associated
Pneumonia
38,000 1.2
VTEs
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/2014FinalHACreport4Web-13Dec2016.pdf
December 01, 2016 - Normalized to
32,750,000
Discharges—Based
on 2010 Baseline)
PfP Measured HACs
per 1,000 Discharges
VTEs
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/natlhacratereport-rebaselining2014-2016_0.pdf
January 01, 2016 - Infections (SSIs) 2.5 2.0
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonias (VAPs) 1.2 1.0
Venous Thromboembolisms (VTEs … 2.5 2.5 2.0
Ventilator-Associated
Pneumonias (VAPs)
1.2 1.0 0.8 1.0
Venous Thromboembolisms
(VTEs
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/2015-interim.html
December 01, 2016 - procedures
81,000
2.5
VAPs
MPSMS (2015)
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
29,000
0.89
VTEs
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/qitool/webinar080116/index.html
December 01, 2017 - Harborview's Story
How did you identify opportunities and solutions for improvement in care for VTEs … )
Slide 68
Harborview's Story
What have been the biggest challenges in improving care for VTEs
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/hacrate2013_0.pdf
October 01, 2015 - selected
procedures
79,000 2.4
VAPs MPSMS (2013) Ventilator-Associated
Pneumonia
37,000 1.1
VTEs
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/appc.html
May 01, 2016 - Here, this categorization is refined to capture all VTEs that are associated with hospitalization as
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/appa.html
July 01, 2018 - Once discovered, most asymptomatic screening-detected VTEs are treated with therapeutic anticoagulation