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Deficits in discharge documentation in patients transferred to rehabilitation facilities on anticoagulation: results of a systemwide evaluation.
Gandara E, Moniz TT, Ungar J, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:460-463.

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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