2015
Eliminating Health Care Disparities With Mandatory Clinical Decision Support
Lau BD, Haider AH, Streiff MB, Lehmann CU, Kraus PS, Hobson DB, Kraenzlin FS, Zeidan AM, Pronovost PJ, Haut ER. Eliminating Health Care Disparities With Mandatory Clinical Decision Support. Medical Care 2015, 53: 18-24. PMID: 25373403, PMCID: PMC4262632, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000251.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality improvement interventionsHealth care disparitiesVTE prophylaxis prescriptionProphylaxis prescriptionCare disparitiesImprovement interventionsCCDS toolsVTE prophylaxisWhite patientsRisk factorsVenous thromboembolism risk factorsClinical servicesComputerized clinical decision support toolRacial disparitiesHospitalized medical patientsRisk-appropriate prophylaxisVTE prophylaxis regimenAdult trauma patientsRetrospective cohort studyVTE risk factorsProportion of patientsThromboembolism risk factorsClinical decision support toolCompletion of checklistsPharmacological prophylaxis
2011
Impact of a Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis “Smart Orderset”: Improved Compliance, Fewer Events
Zeidan A, Streiff M, Ahmed S, Kraus P, Hobson D, Horn P, Shermock K, Tinoco G, Haut E. Impact of a Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis “Smart Orderset”: Improved Compliance, Fewer Events. Blood 2011, 118: 172. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v118.21.172.172.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVTE risk factorsVTE prophylaxisRisk factorsSymptomatic VTEMajor bleedingPharmacologic prophylaxisPatient demographicsExact testRetrospective cohort chart reviewRisk-appropriate VTE prophylaxisCohort chart reviewOutcome adjudication committeeRisk of VTEVTE prophylaxis guidelinesVTE prophylaxis recommendationsPost-hospital dischargeVenous thromboembolism prophylaxisSanofi-AventisPrimary outcome measureFisher's exact testT-testStudent's t-testDaily heparinHospital VTEProphylaxis guidelines