title: Integrating electronic health records in the delivery of optimized anticoagulation therapy.
abstract: Integration of accepted practice standards into electronic health record systems can facilitate standardization of anticoagulation care delivery and result in improved anticoagulation safety. However, the majority of commonly used electronic health record systems are lacking the specialized features necessary for optimal anticoagulation management. The Task Force on Electronic Health Records of the New York State Anticoagulation Coalition provides such a Consensus Statement in this issue of the journal. The Anticoagulation Forum endorses these recommendations and advises the electronic health record industry and health information technology programmers at the institutional level to adopt these recommendations in a comprehensive and timely manner.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, IL, USA enutescu@uic.edu.
authors.forename: Edith A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Nutescu
authors.affiliation: University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Ann K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Wittkowsky
authors.affiliation: Kaiser Permanente, Aurora, CO, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Witt
authors.affiliation: Hurley Medical Center, Flint Township, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaatz
authors.affiliation: Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Hempstead, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Jack
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ansell
authors.affiliation: University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Burnett
authors.affiliation: University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.affiliation: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Renato D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Oertel
authors.affiliation: St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Terri
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schnurr
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Streiff
authors.affiliation: Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wirth
authors.affiliation: St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, ON, Canada McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crowther
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants