Supplementary_Figure_annotated_1 – Supplemental material for The Effect of Performance Transparency on Adherence to Barcode Scanning During Order Preparation in an Adult Inpatient Satellite Pharmacy

<p>Supplemental material, Supplementary_Figure_annotated_1 for The Effect of Performance Transparency on Adherence to Barcode Scanning During Order Preparation in an Adult Inpatient Satellite Pharmacy by David Merola, John D. Hill, Stephanie Olumba, Rosemary Duncan, Virna Almuete, and Kenneth M. Shermock in Hospital Pharmacy</p

Demographics of patient visits from December 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008.

<p>Demographics of patient visits from December 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008.</p

Total number of VTE prophylaxis doses ordered, not administered, and documented as not administered due to patient refusal.

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Percentile plot of the percent of ordered doses that were administered for each patient on the patient floor with the highest overall administration rate (black) and the patient floor with the lowest overall administration rate (orange).

<p>Percentile plot of the percent of ordered doses that were administered for each patient on the patient floor with the highest overall administration rate (black) and the patient floor with the lowest overall administration rate (orange).</p

Number of patients and the number of all ordered doses not administered, by total of ordered doses not given during the patient visit.

<p>Number of patients and the number of all ordered doses not administered, by total of ordered doses not given during the patient visit.</p

Patient Preferences for Receiving Education on Venous Thromboembolism Prevention – A Survey of Stakeholder Organizations

<div><p>Importance</p><p>Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among hospitalized patients and is largely preventable. Strategies to decrease the burden of VTE have focused on improving clinicians’ prescribing of prophylaxis with relatively less emphasis on patient education.</p><p>Objective</p><p>To develop a patient-centered approach to education of patients and their families on VTE: including importance, risk factors, and benefit/harm of VTE prophylaxis in hospital settings.</p><p>Design, Setting and Participants</p><p>The objective of this study was to develop a patient-centered approach to education of patients and their families on VTE: including importance, risk factors, and benefit/harm of VTE prophylaxis in hospital settings. We implemented a three-phase, web-based survey (SurveyMonkey) between March 2014 and September 2014 and analyzed survey data using descriptive statistics. Four hundred twenty one members of several national stakeholder organizations and a single local patient and family advisory board were invited to participate via email. We assessed participants’ preferences for VTE education topics and methods of delivery.</p><p>Participants wanted to learn about VTE symptoms, risk factors, prevention, and complications in a context that emphasized harm. Although participants were willing to learn using a variety of methods, most preferred to receive education in the context of a doctor-patient encounter. The next most common preferences were for video and paper educational materials.</p><p>Conclusions</p><p>Patients want to learn about the harm associated with VTE through a variety of methods. Efforts to improve VTE prophylaxis and decrease preventable harm from VTE should target the entire continuum of care and a variety of stakeholders including patients and their families.</p></div

Proportion of ordered VTE prophylaxis doses not administered by floor, with floor type indicated, (M = medicine, S = surgery, N = neurology, I = ICU).

<p>Proportion of ordered VTE prophylaxis doses not administered by floor, with floor type indicated, (M = medicine, S = surgery, N = neurology, I = ICU).</p

Preferred route of administration of Pharmacologic VTE prophylaxis.

<p>Preferred route of administration of Pharmacologic VTE prophylaxis.</p

Respondents’ preferences for receiving VTE education (methods).

<p>A bar graph showing stakeholders’ preferred methods for receiving VTE education. Respondents were asked to rank methods of receiving VTE education in order of preference. Preference categories, 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd were assigned weights of 3, 2 and 1 respectively and a category that is not ranked was assigned a weight of 0. Borda Counts were derived as the sum of weights allocated to the respective preference ranks by participants.</p

Respondents’ preferences for the length of educational material (video).

<p>A pie chart showing stakeholders’ preferences in regards to the length of educational material (video). Patients were asked whether or not they would be willing to watch a video that is 5, 10, 15 or 20 minutes long.</p