title: A multidisciplinary quality improvement educational initiative to improve the rate of deep-vein thrombosis prophylaxis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a quality improvement initiative to improve deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) prophylaxis rates among hospitalized medicine patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  A standardized admission order-set with an embedded risk-assessment tool and DVT prophylaxis orders was developed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An audit 2 months after the intervention showed the use of optimal DVT prophylaxis was 91%, an increase from 75%. Chart review 1 year after the implementation of the order-set revealed that the increase in DVT prophylaxis was sustained at 95%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of formalized quality improvement methods to implement an intervention is effective in changing physician behaviour.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Columbia, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Deepti
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vyas
authors.forename: Dilip
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bearelly
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Boshard
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010865:Pilot Projects; D058996:Quality Improvement; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: clinical interventions; clinical practice; interprofessional issues; other