Program promotes the establishment of hospital VTE prevention programs
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Pennsylvania patient safety advisory
- Contributor(s):
- Fleck, Arlene E. Donovan, Deborah J. Blank, Mary Kathleen. Pennsylvania. Patient Safety Authority. ECRI (Organization) Institute for Safe Medication Practices.
- Publication:
- [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2011
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Hospital Administration -- methods Program Development Pulmonary Embolism -- prevention & control Venous Thromboembolism -- prevention & control Venous Thrombosis -- prevention & control Cost Savings -- methods Data Collection Evidence-Based Practice Guideline Adherence Incidence Inservice Training Practice Guidelines as Topic Pulmonary Embolism -- epidemiology Quality Indicators, Health Care Reimbursement, Incentive Venous Thromboembolism -- epidemiology Venous Thrombosis -- epidemiology Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) reports that efforts to reduce the incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) can result in substantial reductions in morbidity and mortality in addition to substantial cost savings. VTE is also a focus of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Joint Commission and will be a mandated quality measure in the future. Highmark's QualityBLUE Hospital Pay-for-Performance Program has targeted improvements in averting VTE with 25 hospitals in its service area. Recognizing the scope of the problem is the first step to confronting it. Evidence-based programs are then developed to prevent VTE, and their implementation has substantially reduced the number of VTE events. The successful application of processes that are unique to the individual hospitals and in alignment with best practices has resulted in an 18% decrease in the deep venous thrombosis (DVT) rate and a 21% decrease in the pulmonary embolism (PE) rate in the participating hospitals. The total cost savings of preventing 77 DVT cases and 63 PE cases was projected at nearly $2 million. Lives have been saved, and morbidity has been avoided. This unique program lets hospitals be on the forefront of incorporating activities, well before regulatory agencies mandate such efforts.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (pages 55-62))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101561910 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101561910