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Titi MA, Alotair HA, Fayed A, Baksh M, Alsaif FAA, Almomani Z, Atallah M, Alsharif AF, Jamal AA, Amer YS. Effects of Computerised Clinical Decision Support on Adherence to VTE Prophylaxis Clinical Practice Guidelines among Hospitalised Patients. Int J Qual Health Care 2021; 33:6153904. [PMID: 33647102 DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzab034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is an important patient safety concern. VTE leads to significant mortality and morbidity and a burden on healthcare resources. Despite the widespread availability of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on VTE prophylaxis, we found that only 50.9% of our patients were receiving appropriate prophylaxis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of automation of an adapted VTE prophylaxis CPG using a clinical decision support system (the VTE-CDSS) on VTE prevention among hospitalised adult patients. DESIGN AND SETTING A quasi-experimental study (pre- and post-implementation) was conducted at a large 900-bed tertiary teaching multi-specialty hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. PARTICIPANTS The 1809 adult patients in the study included 871 enrolled during the pre-implementation stage and 938 enrolled during the post-implementation stage. INTERVENTION Multi-faceted implementation interventions were utilised, including leadership engagement and support, quality and clinical champions, staff training and education and regular audit and feedback. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Two rate-based process measures were calculated for each admission cohort (i.e. pre- and post-implementation): the percentage of inpatients who were assessed for VTE risk on admission and the percentage of inpatients who received appropriate VTE prophylaxis. Two outcome measures were calculated: the prevalence of hospital-acquired VTE (HA-VTE) events and the in-hospital all-cause mortality. RESULTS The percentage of inpatients risk assessed for VTE on admission increased from 77.4% to 93.3% (P < 0.01). The percentage of patients who received appropriate VTE prophylaxis increased from 50.9% to 81.4% (P < 0.01). The HA-VTE events decreased by 50% from 0.33% to 0.15% (P < 0.01).All-cause in-hospital mortality did not significantly change after implementation of the VTE-CDSS compared with pre-implementation mortality (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION The VTE-CDSS improved patient safety by enhancing adherence to the VTE prophylaxis best practice and adapted CPG. The multi-faceted implementation strategies approach improved the compliance rate of risk assessment and the adherence to prophylaxis recommendations and substantially reduced the HA-VTE prevalence. A successful CDSS requires a set of critical components to ensure better user compliance and positive patient outcomes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maher A Titi
- Research Chair of Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation, Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, King Khalid Road, Riyadh 11472, Saudi Arabia.,Quality Management Department, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, King Khalid Road, Riyadh 11472, Saudi Arabia
| | - Hadil A Alotair
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, King Khalid Road, Riyadh 11472, Saudi Arabia
| | - Amel Fayed
- College of Medicine, Clinical Department, Princess Nora Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.,High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, 165 El-Horeya Road, El-Ibrahimia Qebli wa El-Hadarah Bahari, Qism Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Governorate, Alexandria 165, Egypt
| | - Maram Baksh
- Quality Management Department, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, King Khalid Road, Riyadh 11472, Saudi Arabia
| | - Faisal Abdullah Abdulaziz Alsaif
- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, King Khalid Road, Riyadh 11472, Saudi Arabia
| | - Ziad Almomani
- Quality Management Department, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, King Khalid Road, Riyadh 11472, Saudi Arabia
| | - Mohammad Atallah
- Nursing Department, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, King Khalid Road, Riyadh 11472, Saudi Arabia
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- Information Technology Department, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, King Khalid Road, Riyadh 11472, Saudi Arabia
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- Research Chair of Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation, Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, King Khalid Road, Riyadh 11472, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Family and Community Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, King Khalid Road, Riyadh 11472, Saudi Arabia
| | - Yasser S Amer
- Research Chair of Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation, Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, King Khalid Road, Riyadh 11472, Saudi Arabia.,Quality Management Department, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, King Khalid Road, Riyadh 11472, Saudi Arabia.,Alexandria Center for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines, New University Hospital, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21131, Egypt
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