RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Why Warfarin Should Be Managed in Primary Care
JF The Annals of Family Medicine
JO Ann Fam Med
FD American Academy of Family Physicians
SP 379
OP 380
DO 10.1370/afm.2828
VO 20
IS 4
A1 Schafer, Katherine Montag
A1 Keenan, Anne
YR 2022
UL http://www.annfammed.org/content/20/4/379.abstract
AB For 5 years, our family medicine clinic’s physician-pharmacy team managed anticoagulation onsite. Now, against our recommendations and desires as a clinic, anticoagulation at our site is no longer managed by our local interdisciplinary team. Instead, it is being managed by our system’s centralized anticoagulation team. Although some may point out that anticoagulation management is one small element of our practice, we believe eliminating this could open the door to other changes to our scope of practice. Anticoagulation belongs in primary care where comprehensive care, ongoing relationships between patients and care teams, and flexible office visit agendas optimize this service.