Venous thromboembolism - Solutions,
Premier healthcare alliance
- Educational programs
- Premier comparative data tools
- Quest
- Performance improvement portal
- Safety Institute
Educational programs
Advisor live audio conferences
- Joint Commission Anticoagulation Update: 2009 NPSG– Feb 10, 2009
Sanford Benjamin, M.D., Medical Director of Laboratories CMC-Mercy Hospital, Charlotte, NC
Stephanie Dale, Pharm.D., Clinical Coordinator Dept. of Pharmacy, CMC Mercy Hospital Charlotte
James S. Kalus, PharmD., Senior Manager, Patient Care Services, Pharmacy, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Downloadable materials include slides and a recording of the audio conference - Venous thromboembolism Prevention: from quality to safety - May 20, 2008
Alpesh Amin, M.D., M.B.A. Executive Director, Hospitalist Program and Medical Director, Anticoagulation Services, University of California, Irvine George Whitelaw, President, Strategic Marketing Technologies
Downloadable materials include articles, slides and recording of the audio conference
Assessment tools, case study, sample order sets
- Research slides, physician and nurse risk assessments, sample order sets, assessment screens for electronic charting, case study approaches for prevention of DVT.
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Premier comparative data tools
Premier Healthcare Informatics helps its customers improve quality and efficiency through a data-driven process. Informatics customers have access to a set of information tools that permit analysis of special cause variation and opportunities for improvement in many types of preventable hospital-acquired conditions including DVT.
- Tools permit users to identify potential problems, track progress, monitor variations, enabling users to actively reduce the rates of DVT and other serious avoidable conditions, establish performance benchmarks, and share best practice interventions.
https://premierinc.com/quality-safety/tools-services/performance-suite/index.jsp
QUEST-High Performing Hospitals Collaborative: Nationwide hospital collaborative seeking to reduce mortality by 17 percent, improve reliability of care by nearly 13 percent
Premier healthcare alliance QUEST initiative focuses on Quality, Efficiency, Safety and Transparency. A voluntary, three-year project with 166 not-for-profit hospitals across 31 states is designed to springboard hospitals to new levels of performance. Post-op DVT and PE are among the “harm measures” identified for improving performance.
- More information on Quest
- Download Executive Summary (.pdf) (1.4MB)
Performance improvement portal
Premier’s "Performance Improvement Portal" is a resource for clinicians to get information on performance improvement advice and best practices on key clinical quality and safety issues, including prevention of VTE. Portal resource include customizable tools, forms, order sets, protocols, and presentations, as well as, case studies and lesson learned gleaned from top performers and industry experts
Safety Institute
The Safety Institute has guidelines on prevention of other clinical complications, including healthcare-associated infections, on its
Guidelines Web site:
https://premierinc.com/quality-safety/tools-services/safety/topics/guidelines/other.jsp#vet