Unfractionated IV Heparin
Hi fellow Clinical Informaticists, To get the ball rolling, I thought I'd share my own personal success with leading a team to redesign the workflow for titrating Unfractionated IV Heparin . THE WIN : Rethinking and redesigning an Unfractionated IV Heparin titration protocol for improved ease-of-use, efficiency, and safety. THE BACKGROUND : If there is anything to file under the category of ' bread-and-butter-medicine ', it's Unfractionated IV Heparin . It's an IV drip that's commonly used to treat acute blood clots, whether they are in your legs ( Deep Vein Thrombosis ), your lungs ( Pulmonary Embolism ), or your heart ( Acute Coronary Syndrome ). It's used in hospitals all around the world, every day, to immediately help treat these common conditions until further interventions are available. This particular workflow is quite complex. It requires frequent monitoring, to help ensure that it's at the right dose. To do this, it requires...
