The outpatient anticoagulation clinic of Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital recently was ranked in the 100th percentile nationwide for ensuring its patients' blood test results are within the appropriate International Normalized Ratio (INR) range according to The Standing Stone Chronicles data for 2009.

Westport, CT -- PRNewswire -- Dr. Mark Wurster from The Ohio State University Medical Center presented his findings at the September 29th meeting of the University Health Consortium’s Fall Forum. According to Dr. Wurster, "OSU is the only organization out of 31 participants in the UHC benchmarking study that qualified for better performance status. OSUMC showed excellent results and achieved above the UHC mean in every area of managing anticoagulation therapy with the use of critical laboratory studies. The system used in the UHC trial was developed using principles found in CoagClinic™, a commercially available software application.”

Pharmacy Purchasing & Products recently published an interview with Gail Carey RN, CACP the Manager of the Anticoagulation Clinic at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts. Emerson has been using CoagClinic for five years. Read how it has increased efficiency and improved patient care.