A team-based approach to warfarin management in long term care: A feasibility study of the MEDeINR electronic decision support system

Background Previous studies in long-term care (LTC) have demonstrated that warfarin management is suboptimal with preventable adverse events often occurring as a result of poor International Normalized Ratio (INR) control. To assist LTC teams with the challenge of maintaining residents on warfarin i...

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Published in:	BMC geriatrics Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 38
Main Authors:	Papaioannou, Alexandra, Kennedy, Courtney C, Campbell, Glenda, Stroud, Jacqueline B, Wang, Luqi, Dolovich, Lisa, Crowther, Mark A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 10.06.2010 BioMed Central Ltd BMC
Subjects:	Aged Aged patients Aged, 80 and over Aging Analysis Cohort Studies Disease Management Drug therapy Electronic Health Records - standards Feasibility Studies Female Geriatrics/Gerontology Health aspects Homes for the Aged - standards Hospital information systems Hospitals Humans Information storage and retrieval systems International Normalized Ratio - methods International Normalized Ratio - standards Long-Term Care - methods Long-Term Care - standards Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Nursing Homes - standards Ontario - epidemiology Patient Care Team - standards Pilot Projects Prevention Rehabilitation Research Article Retrospective Studies Thromboembolism Warfarin Warfarin - blood Warfarin - therapeutic use Ontario Canada International Normalize Ratio International Normalize Ratio Testing International Normalize Ratio Range Warfarin International Normalize Ratio Control
ISSN:	1471-2318, 1471-2318
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