Preliminary data from a pharmacist-managed anticoagulation clinic embedded in a multidisciplinary patient-centered medical home: a coordinated quality, cost-savings model

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Mar;62(3):536-40. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12701. Epub 2014 Feb 10.

Authors

Candice L Garwood¹, Kristy D Curtis, Garrette J Belanger, Lavoisier J Cardozo, Gerald E Turlo, Joel D Steinberg, Marybeth Lepczyk

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan; Department of Pharmacy Services, Harper University Hospital, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan; Rosa Parks Wellness Institute for Senior Health, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan.

PMID: 24512304
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12701

No abstract available

Keywords: anticoagulation; cost-saving; geriatric clinic; pharmacist.

MeSH terms

Aged
Anticoagulants / economics
Anticoagulants / pharmacology*
Cost Savings / economics
Female
Health Services for the Aged / economics*
Humans
Male
Michigan
Patient-Centered Care / economics*
Pharmacists / economics*
Quality Indicators, Health Care*
Retrospective Studies
Thrombosis / economics
Thrombosis / prevention & control*

Substances

Anticoagulants