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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 5 of 5 Research Studies DisplayedShi J, Hurdle JF, Johnson SA
Natural language processing for the surveillance of postoperative venous thromboembolism.
The objective of the study was to develop a portal natural language processing approach to aid in the identification of postoperative venous thromboembolism events from free-text clinical notes. The investigators concluded that accurate surveillance of postoperative venous thromboembolism may be achieved using natural language processing on clinical notes in 2 independent health care systems. They indicated that these findings suggest natural language processing may augment manual chart abstraction for large registries such as National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.
AHRQ-funded; HS025776.
Citation: Shi J, Hurdle JF, Johnson SA .
Natural language processing for the surveillance of postoperative venous thromboembolism.
Surgery 2021 Oct;170(4):1175-82. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2021.04.027..
Keywords: Blood Clots, Health Information Technology (HIT), Quality Improvement, Quality of Care, Surgery, Adverse Events
Beckman MG, Abe K, Barnes K
AHRQ Author: Brady PJ
Strategies and partnerships toward prevention of healthcare-associated venous thromboembolism.
This issue of the Journal of Hospital Medicine showcases the initiatives of several of the CDC’s healthcare-associated venous thromboembolism (HA-VTE) prevention champions. The CDC and AHRQ are partnering to disseminate and promote these best practices. In addition to this challenge, the CDC, AHRQ and the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare are working on activities and programs dedicated to improving prevention of HA-VTE. They are summarized in the article.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Beckman MG, Abe K, Barnes K .
Strategies and partnerships toward prevention of healthcare-associated venous thromboembolism.
J Hosp Med 2016 Dec;11 Suppl 2:S5-s7. doi: 10.1002/jhm.2659.
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Keywords: Prevention, Blood Clots, Quality Improvement, Guidelines, Adverse Events
Lau BD, Haut ER, Hobson DB
ICD-9 code-based venous thromboembolism performance targets fail to measure up.
Suboptimal prevention practices have prompted payers to consider hospital-associated Venous thromboembolism (VTE) as a potentially preventable condition for which financial incentives or penalties exist to drive practice improvement. The authors reviewed a subset of hospital-associated VTE that were identified by ICD-9 codes used by a state-run pay-for-performance quality improvement program and discuss their findings.
AHRQ-funded; HS017952.
Citation: Lau BD, Haut ER, Hobson DB .
ICD-9 code-based venous thromboembolism performance targets fail to measure up.
Am J Med Qual 2016 Sep;31(5):448-53. doi: 10.1177/1062860615583547.
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Keywords: Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Quality Indicators (QIs), Prevention, Hospitals, Quality Improvement, Blood Clots, Payment, Provider Performance
Farrow NE, Lau BD, JohnBull EA
Is the meaningful use venous thromboembolism VTE-6 measure meaningful? A retrospective analysis of one hospital's VTE-6 cases.
The researchers assessed the validity of the Meaningful Use VTE-6 measure by reviewing the quality of venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis provided to patients. Sixty percent of the patients identified as having sustained potentially preventable VTE were false positives. For the remaining forty percent, VTE was considered to be truly potentially preventable and those patients therefore provided targets for quality improvement measures.
AHRQ-funded; HS017952.
Citation: Farrow NE, Lau BD, JohnBull EA .
Is the meaningful use venous thromboembolism VTE-6 measure meaningful? A retrospective analysis of one hospital's VTE-6 cases.
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2016 Sep;42(9):410-6.
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Keywords: Blood Clots, Quality Improvement, Quality Measures, Quality Measures, Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
Michtalik HJ, Carolan HT, Haut ER
Use of provider-level dashboards and pay-for-performance in venous thromboembolism prophylaxis.
The researchers sequentially examined an individualized physician dashboard and pay-for-performance program to improve venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis rates among hospitalists. They found that direct feedback using dashboards was associated with significantly improved compliance, with further improvement after incorporating an individual physician pay-for-performance program.
AHRQ-funded; HS017952; HS022331.
Citation: Michtalik HJ, Carolan HT, Haut ER .
Use of provider-level dashboards and pay-for-performance in venous thromboembolism prophylaxis.
J Hosp Med 2015 Mar;10(3):172-8. doi: 10.1002/jhm.2303..
Keywords: Provider Performance, Payment, Blood Clots, Prevention, Quality Improvement, Quality of Care, Hospitals, Patient Safety