Randomized trial of a warfarin communication protocol for nursing homes: An SBAR-based approach

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Field, Terry S ^a   Tjia, Jennifer ^a   Mazor, Kathleen M ^a   Donovan, Jennifer L ^b   Kanaan, Abir O ^b   Harrold, Leslie R ^a   Reed, George ^a   Doherty, Peter ^a   Spenard, Ann ^c   Gurwitz, Jerry H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c QUALIDIGM   (United States)

Author keywords

Communications; Long term care; Nursing homes; Protocol; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; DRUG QUALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SITUATION, BACKGROUND, ASSESSMENT, AND RECOMMENDATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TELEPHONE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMMUNICATION; CONNECTICUT; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TELEPHONE; WARFARIN;

EID: 79551660472     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.09.017     Document Type: Article

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