Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety Reports OB VTE Safety Checklist Recommendations Well-Received at NPSF Congress
Chicago, Il (PRWEB) July 01, 2014 -- The Physician- Patient Alliance for Health and Safety (PPAHS) joined hundreds of other impassioned attendees in Orlando, Florida to attend the 16th Annual NPSF Patient Safety Class from May 14 through May 16, 2014. Over 50 research posters were presented and PPAHS’ poster on the OB VTE Safety Recommendations was one of them.
Linda Burke-Galloway, MD, MS, FACOG, attended the NPSF on behalf of PPAHS and found that the OB VTE Safety Recommendations poster was extremely popular and more than 100 poster facsimiles were distributed at the NPSF Congress. Said Dr. Burke-Galloway, “Many of the interested parties represented labor and delivery nurse managers from individual hospital and hospital systems as well as insurance companies who provide coverage for obstetrical patients. The attendees were happy to see a formal protocol that identified patients with risk factors and a checklist of necessary steps and procedures. Some of the labor and delivery nurse managers wanted to know exactly who had developed the model and who had implemented the practice recommendations.”
Dr. Burke-Galloway emphasized that, in light of a recent study on the risk of developing VTE post-delivery, mothers are at risk for developing blood clots much longer than previously thought.
“Although it was gratifying to see such a profound interest among hospitals and insurance industries,” said Dr. Burke-Galloway, “ the successful implementation of the model as a future best practice can only be achieved with the cooperation and engagement of patient participation. It might therefore be feasible to conduct patient simulations of the model in the future as well as public service announcement campaigns as a form of patient education, awareness and advocacy. The presence and contribution of PPAHS at the Annual NPSF Congress will hopefully have an indelible effect on improving the quality and safety of pregnant women as well as reducing adverse outcomes.”
About Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety
Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety is a non-profit 501(c)(3) whose mission is to promote safer clinical practices and standards for patients through collaboration among healthcare experts, professionals, scientific researchers, and others, in order to improve health care delivery. For more information, please go to http://www.ppahs.org
Mike Wong, Physician-Patient Alliance for Health, http://ppahs.wordpress.com/, +1 (847) 770-5582, [email protected]
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