Tools

CHA₂DS₂-VASc Score for Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Risk

Education – Clinical: Calculates stroke risk for patients with atrial fibrillation, possibly better than the CHADS₂ Score.

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ManageAnticoag App

Tools: ManageAnticoag helps clinicians navigate periprocedural planning and bleed management scenarios for patients on oral anticoagulants (OAC).

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Implementing Improvements: Opportunities to Integrate Quality Improvement and Implementation Science

Guidelines/Clinical Documents: In hospitals, improvers and implementers use quality improvement science (QIS) and less frequently implementation research (IR) to improve health care and health outcomes. Narrowly defined quality improvement (QI) guided by QIS focuses on transforming…

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Management of Anticoagulation in the Peri-Procedural Period (MAPPP) App: Overview, Instructions and Case Studies

Meta-Analyses/Systematic Review of Literature: Extensive PowerPoint presentation on the management of anticoagulation in the peri-procedural period. Includes overview, instructions, and case studies.

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Quality Improvement Essentials Toolkit

Tools: IHI’s QI Essentials Toolkit includes the tools and templates you need to launch a successful quality improvement project and manage performance improvement. Each of the ten tools can be used with the Model for Improvement, Lean, or Six Sigma, and includes a short description, instructions, an example, and a blank template.

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