What is it about?
Chronic vascular wounds have a significant economic and social impact on our society calling for allocation of a great deal of attention and resources. Efforts should be oriented toward the achievement of the most effective and efficient clinical management. The Angiology Unit at the University Hospital of Padova, Italy, developed a performance improvement project to enhance the quality of practice for vascular ulcers.
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Why is it important?
Standardization of guidelines and practice is effective in creating an efficient clinical management and in reducing the economic burden of vascular ulcers.
Perspectives
The new standard of practice reached its full application in September 2015. The number of patients treated and the number of visits in 2015 remained almost unvaried from 2014. However, the total annual expenditure for treating vascular ulcers was reduced by ~60% from the previous year.
MD Giampiero Avruscio
Angiology Unit, Dept of Cardiac-Thotacic-Vascular Sciences
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This page is a summary of: Implementing clinical process management of vascular wounds in a tertiary facility: impact evaluation of a performance improvement project, Vascular Health and Risk Management, October 2017, Dove Medical Press,
DOI: 10.2147/vhrm.s137099.
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