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%.https://jdc.jefferson.edu/patientsafetyposters/1014/thumbnail.jp
Contains fulltext : 177437.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)BACKGROUND: Tim...
Background: Chemoprophylaxis with subcutaneous heparin or low-molecular weight heparin is recommende...
BACKGROUND: Primary medication nonadherence (PMN) occurs when patients do not fill new prescriptions...
Goal: To minimize the number of missed or refused medications for inpatients so that adverse patie...
AIM: By using a sequence of two distinct interventions, we aim to improve the rate of medication re...
Background/Aims: Meta-analysis shows hospitalized U.S. patients suffer 106,000 fatal adverse drug ev...
Objective: Venous thromboembolism is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality and is larg...
After missing 5 days of prednisone during a lengthy hospitalization, a patient developed adrenal ins...
Purpose of Project: Non-administration of pharmacologic venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis rem...
ObjectivesTo describe the frequency of the different types of medication-related incidents that caus...
Purpose: A software-based tool to help prioritize inpatients for adverse drug event (ADE) prevention...
AIM: Improve influenza vaccination rates for eligible patients at the Jefferson Hospital Ambulatory...
Goal for Improvement: To improve proper medication regimens for patients as they transition between...
Background: Clostridioides difficile is the most common pathogen causing healthcare-associated infec...
Significant efforts are currently under way to improve the safety of the medication process in hospi...
Contains fulltext : 177437.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)BACKGROUND: Tim...
Background: Chemoprophylaxis with subcutaneous heparin or low-molecular weight heparin is recommende...
BACKGROUND: Primary medication nonadherence (PMN) occurs when patients do not fill new prescriptions...
Goal: To minimize the number of missed or refused medications for inpatients so that adverse patie...
AIM: By using a sequence of two distinct interventions, we aim to improve the rate of medication re...
Background/Aims: Meta-analysis shows hospitalized U.S. patients suffer 106,000 fatal adverse drug ev...
Objective: Venous thromboembolism is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality and is larg...
After missing 5 days of prednisone during a lengthy hospitalization, a patient developed adrenal ins...
Purpose of Project: Non-administration of pharmacologic venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis rem...
ObjectivesTo describe the frequency of the different types of medication-related incidents that caus...
Purpose: A software-based tool to help prioritize inpatients for adverse drug event (ADE) prevention...
AIM: Improve influenza vaccination rates for eligible patients at the Jefferson Hospital Ambulatory...
Goal for Improvement: To improve proper medication regimens for patients as they transition between...
Background: Clostridioides difficile is the most common pathogen causing healthcare-associated infec...
Significant efforts are currently under way to improve the safety of the medication process in hospi...
Contains fulltext : 177437.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)BACKGROUND: Tim...
Background: Chemoprophylaxis with subcutaneous heparin or low-molecular weight heparin is recommende...
BACKGROUND: Primary medication nonadherence (PMN) occurs when patients do not fill new prescriptions...