Impact of Point-of-Care Implementation in Pharmacist-Run Anticoagulation Clinics Within a Community-Owned Health System: A Two-Year Retrospective Analysis.

Background: Point-of-care (POC) testing devices allow laboratory monitoring to be performed in various settings and accessed immediately.

Objective: To evaluate the outcomes of monitoring anticoagulation patients in pharmacistmanaged, multicenter clinics utilizing i-STAT POC machines.

Methods: This study was a retrospective, multicenter chart review of 150 patients before and after implementation of the POC intervention for anticoagulation monitoring.