There was an increase in the use of extended INR testing in eligible patients from 41.8 percent in 2014/Q1 to 69.3 percent in 2016/Q4.

Lastly, 975 of the remaining patients requiring point-of-care INR monitoring were offered home monitoring. We reduced in-person point-of-care testing by 63% over a 1-year period.

A new recall has been issued CoaguChek XS PT test strips, used to monitor international normalized ratio (INR) in patients taking warfarin, due to inaccurately high readings. Roche Diagnostics ...

(HealthDay)—Most patients have high confidence in self-testing their international normalized ratio (INR), according to a study published online Feb. 23 in the Journal of Clinical Nursing.

First of all, I want to congratulate Drs. Matchar and Jacobson for a very important trial and one that will eventually help those of us who are proponents of home INR testing to drive the change ...

There was an increase in the use of extended INR testing in eligible patients from 41.8 percent in 2014/Q1 to 69.3 percent in 2016/Q4.