Use of a Risk Assessment Model for Venous Thromboembolism Is Associated with Decreased Prophylaxis

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis is often overprescribed to patients at low risk for VTE. Whether risk assessment models (RAMs) reduce prescribing to low-risk patients is unknown. We incorporated a validated RAM into admission order sets to help physicians determine risk of VTE. To quantify...

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Published in:	Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM Vol. 40; no. 15; pp. 3649 - 3657
Main Authors:	Gunaratne, Tarini, Schulte, Rebecca, Moss, Stephanie, Lisheba, Oleg, Rothberg, Michael B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Springer Nature B.V 01.11.2025
Subjects:	Adult Aged Anticoagulants Anticoagulants - therapeutic use Chi-square test Clinical decision making Cross-Sectional Studies Disease prevention Electronic health records Female Health risk assessment Health risks Hospitals Humans Male Middle Aged Molecular weight Patients Physicians Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data Prophylaxis Regression analysis Risk assessment Risk Assessment - methods Risk factors Risk groups Statistical data Thromboembolism United States - epidemiology Variables Venous Thromboembolism - diagnosis Venous Thromboembolism - epidemiology Venous Thromboembolism - prevention & control United States hospital medicine clinical decision support venous thromboembolism prophylaxis
ISSN:	0884-8734, 1525-1497, 1525-1497
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