Is the Meaningful Use Venous Thromboembolism VTE-6 Measure Meaningful?
The majority of patients identified by the Meaningful Use VTE-6 algorithm did not suffer truly potentially preventable VTE. Misclassification of VTE as "potentially preventable" hinders efforts to target true opportunities for quality improvement.
The results of this study demonstrate that NGF exerts profibrotic activities in the airways by inducing type III collagen production in fibroblasts independently of TGF-β1.