Lessons from the implementation of a near patient anticoagulant monitoring service in primary care

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-33

  de Lusignan, Simon ^a   Singleton, Andrew ^b   Wells, Sally ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

(MeSH terms); Anticoagulants; Computer assisted; Decision making; Family practice; Medical informatics; Medical informatics application warfarin

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MANAGER; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 2442599899     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v12i1.105     Document Type: Article

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