64-year-old female with a history of DVT and contraindication for anticoagulation. Retrievable IVC filter is ordered and placed to prevent pulmonary embolism.
Care team schedules treatment for retrieval. Ellen misses her appointment and is lost to follow-up.
When we call a patient to remind them about managing their IVC filter they are often confused and scared.
As nurses, we use this communication as an opportunity to reassure and educate the patient and empower them to be an active participant in their own care.
Patients and their families are consistently grateful that their health system invested in a solution that can improve and simplify follow-up care.
Chairman, Interventional Radiologist; Associate Professor, Department of Radiology University of Tennessee
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