Heather L. Ourth, PharmD
A pilot program by the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide pharmacist-directed, centralized anticoagulation services is helping streamline care for patients in some rural areas and free up time for clinicians in regional VA centers to manage other patients.
The Centralized Anticoagulation Services Hub (CASH) provides warfarin management services for about 1,100 patients in four Veterans Integrated Service Networks comprising 11 states in the Upper