Please join the KHA quality team and Saint Joseph Hospital to take a deep dive into their journey of quality improvement project work to achieve excellence in patient care and outcomes. Please read more below for a detailed look at their project and what exciting information you will learn!

Saint Joseph Hospital: Preventing the Preventable: Enhancing VTE Prophylaxis in Hospital Settings Through Pharmacy-Driven Intervention

Monica Owen, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, Clinical Pharmacist Specialist and April Jennings, DNP, RN, CPHQ, HACP-CMS, Director of Quality and Patient Safety from Saint Joseph Hospital will be presenting on their goal to enhance Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis in the hospital setting. This project represents a significant shift from a reactive to a proactive system-level approach for VTE prevention, driven by real-time EHR data. By empowering clinical pharmacists with a standardized workflow and leveraging EHR reports for precise identification of at-risk patients. The significant improvement in VTE prophylaxis rates and the observed reduction in PE NPOA underscore the project’s clinical efficacy. This proven practice laid a strong foundation for permanent adoption across Saint Joseph Hospital and for widespread implementation within other CommonSpirit Health facilities in the South Region, ultimately extending its positive impact on patient safety and VTE reduction on a broader scale.