Testing of a Risk-Standardized Major Bleeding and Venous Thromboembolism Electronic Clinical Quality Measure for Elective Total Hip and/or Knee Arthroplasties.
Troy Lia, Mica Curtin-Bowena, Avery Pullmana, Stuart R. Lipsitza b, Ania Syrowatkaa, Michael Sainlairea, Tien Thaia, Alexandra Busingera, Aileen M. Davisc, Jay R. Liebermand, Bonnie B. Blanchfielda e, David Westfall Batesa b, Patricia C. Dykesa b
- aBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
- bHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- cUniversity of Toronto, Ontario, CA
- dKeck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA
- eHarvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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Abstract
Brigham and Women's Hospital has received funding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to develop a novel electronic clinical quality measure to assess the risk-standardized major bleeding and venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate following elective total hip and/or knee arthroplasty. There are currently no existing measures that evaluate both the bleeding and VTE events following joint arthroplasty (TJA). Our novel composite measure was tested within two academic health systems with 17 clinician groups meeting the inclusion criteria. Following risk adjustment, the overall adjusted bleeding rate was 3.87% and ranged between 1.99% - 5.66%. The unadjusted VTE rate was 0.39% and ranged between 0% - 2.65%. The overall VTE/Bleeding composite score was 2.15 and ranged between 1.15 - 3.19. This measure seeks to provide clinician groups with a tool to assess their patient bleeding and VTE rates and compare them to their peers, ultimately providing an evidence-based quality metric assessing orthopedic practices.