Coordinate Orders to Save Lives | Labor Management Partnership

Educating about the proper use of VTE orders for post-operative patients
Coordinating with pharmacists and other teams to ensure orders are followed
Outlining how the Joint Commission's SCIP guidelines can help improve compliance

What can your team do to work with other teams to improve outcomes for patients?

Following through on orders for venous thromboembolism (VTE) is an important post-operative step to reduce complications and chances of death. The Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) created by the Joint Commission established measures that include how many patients receive these orders and also how many receive antibiotics. The Baldwin Park Medical Center worked with pharmacists and other staff to increase compliance to the 96.2 percentile and eventually to the top percentile, ensuring that all patients were receiving VTE prophylaxis orders.

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Adhering to important guidelines to keep patients safe and healthy after surgery was high after this team educated staff and coordinated with pharmacists and other teams to ensure compliance.

Why This Matters

VTE prophylaxis helps prevent post-operative complications.

Test of Change

Coordinating with pharmacies to keep with SCIP guidelines

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Learn how following SCIP guidelines can help.

Medium Teaser

VTE prohylaxis orders are critical for post-operative patients. See how a group of teams coordinated to ensure all patients received this care.

Long Teaser

VTE prohylaxis orders are critical for post-operative patients. See how a group of teams coordinated to ensure all patients received this care.

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