Course Overview
Improving VTE Risk Assessment and Prophylaxis in Orthopaedic Surgery Patients
Overview: This performance improvement implementation guide is one of several certified educational activities in the initiative, Performance Improvement Strategies in VTE Risk Assessment and Prophylaxis. This initiative offers a comprehensive series of activities designed to cover a broad range of topics on venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention, with the ultimate goal of helping healthcare professionals improve the care of hospitalized patients at risk of VTE.
Faculty
Thomas L. Ortel, MD, PhD
Director, Anticoagulation Management Service
Director, Duke Clinical Coagulation and Platelet Immunology Laboratories
Professor of Medicine and Pathology
Division of Hematology
Duke University Health System
Durham, NC
Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, VTE Research Group
Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
John A. Abraham, MD
Instructor in Orthopedic Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Staff Orthopedic Surgeon
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Richard J. Friedman, MD, FRCSC
Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Medical University of South Carolina
Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Roper Hospital
Charleston, SC
Credits available: A maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Types of credit available:
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Expires: 5/18/11
This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
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