Course Overview
Improving VTE Risk Assessment and Prophylaxis in Hospitalized Medically Ill 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
Franklin A. Michota, MD, FACP, FHM
Associate Professor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Director of Academic Affairs
Department of Hospital Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
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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