Recent Articles from the INR Pro Developers

• Legal Benefits for Electronic Patient Management
  ...posted on 9/8/2010

• Using CAT Scores to Help Assess Anticoagulation Patient Compliance
  ...posted on 9/8/2010

• Implications of JCAHO 2008 National Patient Safety Goals
  ...posted on 9/1/2010

• How to Perform Statistical Comparisons of Therapeutic Time In Range
  ...posted on 8/23/2010

• MNPT has greater impact on INR readings than ISI value
  ...posted on 8/22/2010

• Using Control Charts of INR Readings to Identify Trends
  ...posted on 8/22/2010

• Free Patient Self-Testing Checklist
  We have been seeing a rise in clinics and physicians who are moving their patients to self-testing, so we decided to compile a checklist, to help you determine which of your patients are ready.

  ...posted on 3/25/2010

• But we can't afford a system right now...
  The economy has put any purchase under intense scrutiny these days. Here are some reasons why pursuing an electronic anticoagulation management system is still a great investment.

  1) Efficiency ...posted on 8/21/2009

• Does self-testing improve patient compliance?
  In late 2008, the CAT Clinic in Cedar Rapids, IA began a patient self-testing initiative. Home monitors were sent to eligible patients, and training was provided to patients on how to take proper meas...posted on 7/21/2009

• Change to Patient Dosage Printout
  Due to customer and other user feedback, HSS has recently updated the patient dosage handout, to make it easier to read and interpret for the patient. This form should be printed and handed to the pat...posted on 5/26/2009

• Measuring Quality of Oral Anticoagulation Care
  A recent article was published in the March 2009 edition of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety titled "Measuring Quality of Oral Anticoagulation Care: Extending Quality...posted on 3/28/2009

• SECAPS Conference Summary
  Healthcare System Solutions recently attended the SECAPS (Southeastern College ...posted on 10/13/2008

• How to Use Lean and Six Sigma in an Anticoagulation Clinic
  HSS was directly involved in a government grant to study how to apply Lean and Six Sigma to an anticoagulation clinic.

  We setup the project using the DMAICR model (Six Sigma methodology), and i...posted on 9/19/2008

• Patient testing continues despite major floods
  Starting the week of June 9th, 2008, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, experienced flooding of catastrophic historic proportions. The Cedar River crested June 13th at 31.12 ft, 19.12 ft above flood stage, and 11.12...posted on 7/1/2008

• CAT Clinic improves patient satisfaction
  The Community Anticoagulation Therapy (CAT) Clinic in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, began working with patients in February 2006 as a result of a $600,000 grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Qual...posted on 5/1/2008

• How to Setup a Virtual Anticoagulation Clinic
  Virtual anticoagulation clinics are becoming very popular as an effective approach to manage warfarin patients, primarily using phone consultations and electronic databases, in a centralized community...posted on 7/20/2007

• How to Prevent Medication Errors
  I recently attended the 4th Annual Excellence in Patient Safety conference in Jacksonville, FL. One of the speakers ...posted on 6/22/2007

• Use the Median Instead of Average When Evaluating Process Cycle Times
  To evaluate the efficiency of a clinic, process cycle times are often looked at on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Time between blood test until results reviewed by staff, time between lab visit and...posted on 6/7/2007

• Avoiding Dosage Changes When Special Causes Are Identified
  Many anticoagulation management systems provide a run chart of the patient's historical INR results, so you can remember how each patient has evolved in their therapy, to see what range they typically...posted on 5/26/2007

• How to Calculate Therapeutic Time in Range
  At the National Conference on Anticoagulation Therapy, a presentation was given by Scott Kaatz, MD, regarding the different metrics for determining therapeutic time in range. Three different methods w...posted on 5/22/2007

• Evaluate Process Cycle Times When Handoffs Occur Between Departments
  If you operate a clinic that does not have Point-of-Care testing, rather the results of the blood test are uploaded, emailed, faxed or mailed to the clinic for review via a laboratory or patient self-...posted on 5/10/2007

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