Mayo Clinic Key In To Quality

Advancing Anticoagulation Medication Safety

Episode Summary

Host: Timothy Morgenthaler, M.D. @DrTimMorg Guests:   Robert McBane II, M.D., Cardiovascular Disease, Mayo Clinic and Anna Kramer, C.P.H.Q., Quality, Mayo Clinic      @MayoAntiCoag Anticoagulants are proven life-saving therapies for individuals with cardiac and vascular disorders, however, there are also known risks with anticoagulant medications that make them one of the most common drugs involved in serious drug complications.  There are many guidelines to help doctors use anticoagulants safely, but…they are tricky, and sometimes hard to follow.  Our guests share Mayo Clinic’s journey to create a robust anticoagulant stewardship program designed to support clinicians and enhance patient safety. Find out more about Mayo Clinic’s Quality program at https://www.mayoclinic.org/about-mayo-clinic/quality/. Connect with us on Twitter or Facebook using #mayokeyintoquality or at: https://www.facebook.com/MayoClinic https://twitter.com/MayoClinic

Episode Notes

Host: Timothy Morgenthaler, M.D. @DrTimMorg

Guests:   Robert McBane II, M.D., Cardiovascular Disease, Mayo Clinic and Anna Kramer, C.P.H.Q., Quality, Mayo Clinic      @MayoAntiCoag

Anticoagulants are proven life-saving therapies for individuals with cardiac and vascular disorders, however, there are also known risks with anticoagulant medications that make them one of the most common drugs involved in serious drug complications.  There are many guidelines to help doctors use anticoagulants safely, but…they are tricky, and sometimes hard to follow.  Our guests share Mayo Clinic’s journey to create a robust anticoagulant stewardship program designed to support clinicians and enhance patient safety.

Find out more about Mayo Clinic’s Quality program at https://www.mayoclinic.org/about-mayo-clinic/quality/.

Connect with us on Twitter or Facebook using #mayokeyintoquality or at:

https://www.facebook.com/MayoClinic

https://twitter.com/MayoClinic