PharmaTAP provided a tool kit of information designed to assist hospitals with meeting the Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal 3E expectations to reduce the likelihood of patient harm associated with the use of anticoagulant therapy. The tool kit is designed to offer information and solutions to improve anticoagulant practices in inpatient and outpatient settings. Safe practice recommendations, strategies for implementing change, measurement tools, and example resource materials such as project charter, PDSA worksheets, checklists, drug protocols, order forms, flow sheets, project plans, etc. are included.
Toolkit in Word format (customizable forms)
Toolkit in PDF format
This PharmaTAP engagement analyzed medical turnaround time from prescriber ordering to nursing administration at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center (MHHCC). The team assessed patient flow from registration to the nursing units, physical layout, prescriber ordering behaviors, pharmacy and nursing operations, and various other factors associated with delays in medication turnaround time. Recommendations were made for an enhanced Meditech bed assignment process, expanding unit-based pharmacist services, and refining Pyxis® override safety measures. Various additional recommendations were made to assist with the implementation of the core goals.
PharmaTAP was engaged by Healthcare Excel, Inc. as part of its Indiana Medicare Quality Improvement Organization contract, to perform a comprehensive review and compilation of publicly available references pertaining to the reduction of drug-drug interactions and the use of potentially inappropriate medication use in the elderly. A search of the literature was performed and all references were screened for relevance, quality and public availability. The final references were categorized and populated into a format that would ensure ease of access by a healthcare provider. All references may be viewed at www.hce.org or www.purdue.edu/pharmatap.
Case Studies #1 (PDF)
Case Studies #2 (PDF)
