Authors
Elliott R Haut, Jonathan K Aboagye, Dauryne L Shaffer, Jiangxia Wang, Deborah B Hobson, Gayane Yenokyan, Elizabeth A Sugar, Peggy S Kraus, Norma E Farrow, Joseph K Canner, Oluwafemi P Owodunni, Katherine L Florecki, Kristen LW Webster, Christine G Holzmueller, Peter J Pronovost, Michael B Streiff, Brandyn D Lau
Publication date
2018/11/2
Journal
JAMA Network Open
Volume
1
Issue
7
Pages
e184741-e184741
Publisher
American Medical Association
Description
Importance
Numerous interventions have improved prescription of venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis; however, many prescribed doses are not administered to hospitalized patients, primarily owing to patient refusal.
Objective
To evaluate a real-time, targeted, patient-centered education bundle intervention to reduce nonadministration of VTE prophylaxis.
Design, Setting, and Participants
This nonrandomized controlled, preintervention-postintervention comparison trial included 19 652 patient visits on 16 units at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, from April 1 through December 31, 2015. Data analysis was performed from June 1, 2016, through November 30, 2017, on an intention-to-treat basis.
Interventions
Patients on 4 intervention units received a patient-centered education bundle if a dose of VTE prophylaxis medication was not administered. Patients on 12 control units received no …
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