The importance of establishing regimen concordance in preventing medication errors in anticoagulant care.

Dean Schillinger; Frances Wang; Maytrella Rodriguez; Andrew B. Bindman; Edward L. Machtinger

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The importance of establishing regimen concordance in preventing medication errors in anticoagulant care.

September 13, 2006

Schillinger D, Wang F, Rodriguez M, et al. J Health Commun. 2006;11(6):555-67.

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The researchers examined patient adherence to a warfarin regimen and concordance between the patient's regimen and physician's report. They found that miscommunication may contribute to under- and overanticoagulation.

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