Pharmacist anticoagulation services improve care and reduce costs

August 2005

Pharmacist anticoagulation services improve care and reduce costs.

A huge new study, published in the prominent journal, Chest, shows a BIG benefit.

Pharmacist-managed patients have appropriate INR values more often than physician-managed patients. This decreases thromboembolic events or major bleeds by 39%.

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