What is Venous Thrombosis Embolism (VTE)?
A Venous Thrombosis Embolism or (VTE) is a blood clot that forms in the blood stream or vein. While in the hospital, patients have an increased risk of forming a VTE due to immobility and or surgery.
| Data listed is from October 2011 - September 2012 |
Barton |
U.S. Average |
| Patients receiving appropriate VTE (blood clot) prevention. |
97.4% |
89.7% |
| ICU patients receiving appropriate VTE (blood clot) prevention. |
94.2% |
94.5% |
| Patients who were diagnosed with a blood clot and received "overlap therapy" (use of two types of medication) who received appropriate therapy. |
100.0% |
96.3% |
| Patients who were diagnosed with a blood clot who were treated with heparin that received appropriate monitoring during therapy. |
100.0% |
97.4% |
| Patients who were discharged on Warfarin who received discharge instructions. |
85.0% |
73.6% |
| The Joint Commission U.S. Average percentage comes from The Joint Commission's National Performance Summary in the "Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2012". The date range for the U.S. Average is based on Joint Commission data only and does not cover all Medicare and Medicaid patients. VTE is not reported on Hospital Compare until the measure has 1 full years worth of data. Barton Health has collected data on this measure since 2010 and has reported this data to The Joint Commissions ORYX reporting. |
U.S. Average percentages come from data found on hospitalcompare.org