Deficits in discharge documentation in patients transferred to rehabilitation facilities on anticoagulation: results of a systemwide evaluation.

Esteban Gandara; Thomas T. Moniz; Jonathan Ungar; Jason Lee; Myrna Chan-Macrae; Terrence O'Malley; Jeffrey L. Schnipper

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Deficits in discharge documentation in patients transferred to rehabilitation facilities on anticoagulation: results of a systemwide evaluation.

August 6, 2008

Gandara E, Moniz TT, Ungar J, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34(8):460-3.

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Many patients discharged from hospitals on anticoagulant medications (including warfarin and heparin) lacked adequate documentation of the duration of therapy and monitoring needs. Ensuring the safety of anticoagulant therapy is a Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal.

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