Percentage of Patients on Warfarin That Receive Written Information Regarding Warfarin Management Prior to Discharge
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Discharged on warfarin refers to all patients who will continue taking warfarin following discharge from hospital. This includes patients whose therapy is newly initiated as well as those who were established on warfarin prior to hospital admission. Written medicine information could include the following: • provision of a warfarin booklet for tracking warfarin therapy and INR results • update of an existing warfarin booklet to record INR results during the hospital stay • instructions for INR testing and review after discharge • other purpose-designed educational tools. Provision of written warfarin information must be explicitly documented in the medical record
Numerator
Number of patients discharged on warfarin that receive written information regarding warfarin management prior to discharge
Denominator
Number of patients discharged on warfarin in sample
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Medical records and medication charts
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Recommended for local quality improvement processes. Not regularly reported at national level.
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care and NSW Therapeutic Advisory Group Inc. (2014), National Quality Use of Medicines Indicators for Australian Hospitals. ACSQHC, Sydney www.safetyandquality.gov.au/sites/default/files/migrated/SAQ127NationalQUMIndicatorsV14-FINAL-D14-39602.pdf page 90