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Louisiana Health Care
Review
THE MEDICARE
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION |
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Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP)
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The Surgical Care Improvement
Project is a national quality partnership of organizations
focused on improving surgical care by significantly reducing
surgical complications. The goal of SCIP is to reduce the
incidence of surgical complications nationally by 25% by the year
2010.
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Clinical Indicators and Descriptions |
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Link to QualityNet for these measure details:
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- Prophylactic Antibiotic
Received Within One Hour Prior to Surgical Incision
- Prophylactic Antibiotic
Selection for Surgical Patients
- Prophylactic Antibiotics
Discontinued Within 24 Hours After Surgery End Time
- Cardiac Surgery Patients
With Controlled 6 A.M. Postoperative Blood Glucose
- Surgery Patients with
Appropriate Hair Removal
- Colorectal Surgery
Patients with Immediate Postoperative Normothermia
- Surgery Patients on Beta
Blocker Therapy Prior to Admission Who Received a
Beta Blocker During the Perioperative Period
- Surgery Patients with
Recommended Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis
Ordered
- Surgery Patients Who
Received Appropriate Venous Thromboembolism
Prophylaxis Within 24 Hours Prior to Surgery to 24 Hours
After Surgery
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Links to
SCIP Related Web Sites |
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LHCR's AMI Project Quality
Improvement Specialist Contact |
Lauren A.
Haygood, RN, MSN - Quality Improvement
Specialist
E-Mail:
lhaygood@lhcr.org
Phone: 225-926-6353
Fax: 225-925-0342
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Footnotes
1American
Heart Association. 2002 Heart and Stroke Statistical Update.
Dallas, TX.: American Heart Association; 2001.
2
Ryan
TJ, Antman EM, Brooks NH, Califf RM, Hillis LD, Hiratzka LF,
Rapaport E, Riegel B, Russell RO, Smith EE III, Weaver WD.
ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with acute
myocardial infarction: 1999 update: a report of the American College
of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice
Guidelines (Committee on Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction).
Available at www.acc.org. |
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For
more
Quality Improvement
resources, visit
www.medqic.org |
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