Individualized performance feedback to surgical residents improves appropriate venous thromboembolism prophylaxis prescription and reduces potentially preventable vte: A prospective cohort study

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 264, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1181-1187

  Lau, Brandyn D ^a,b,c   Arnaoutakis, George J ^a   Streiff, Michael B ^a   Howley, Isaac W ^a   Poruk, Katherine E ^a   Beaulieu, Robert ^a   Ellison, Trevor A ^a   Van Arendonk, Kyle J ^a   Kraus, Peggy S ^d   Hobson, Deborah B ^a   Holzmueller, Christine G ^a   Black, James H ^a   Pronovost, Peter J ^a   Haut, Elliott R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Decision support; Quality; Resident education; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MARYLAND; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PEER GROUP;

ADULT; BALTIMORE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84949430368     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001512     Document Type: Article

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