Anticoagulation Clinic Guidelines (Draft) Dean Medical Center

patient will be scheduled by the AC Clinic in Epic. The AC Clinic clinician will see

patients as follow-ups, accept new consults and phone patients with INR results and

changes in the care plan. Hospital patients who are enrolled after discharge need to be

scheduled within 1 week of discharge.
2. For patient who are managed primarily by phone, they may have INRs drawn at any

Dean Medical Center Laboratory, any outlying laboratory, via Home Health Service, or

via point of care self testing. INR test results must be transmitted to the AC Clinic.

When possible a hard copy from outlying laboratories will be scanned into Epic by

Medical Records. Patients with inclinic appointments with the AC Clinic need toarrive

at the Fish Hatchery Clinic Lab 1 hour prior to their appointment for their INR draw.

They need to check in for the appointment at the appointment desk, then be seated at the

AC Clinic Office area. If a patient can not attend a scheduled AC Clinic visit or have

blood drawn on the day arranged the patient needs to call the AC Clinic to reschedule.