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Follow-Up Orders Save Lives
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.
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Why This Matters
- VTE prophylaxis helps prevent post-operative complications.
Test of Change
- Coordinating with pharmacies to keep with SCIP guidelines
Giving Bad Joints the Boot
Instead of patients staying in the hospital two or three days, about 64 percent were discharged within a day of surgery.
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Why This Matters
- The best place to recover from joint replacement surgery is at home.
Test of Change
- Nurses make post-discharge calls to patients and discuss at team huddles