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Delivery of Optimized Anticoagulant Therapy: Consensus Statement from the Anticoagulation Forum

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The Anticoagulation Forum

The Anticoagulation Forum is a multidisciplinary nonprofit organization of health care professionals that will improve the quality of care for patients taking antithrombotic medications. The Anticoagulation Forum will minimize the risk and maximize the benefit of strategies used for the prevention and treatment of thromboembolic disease by:

providing education and networking opportunities for health care professionals
promoting the clinical application of evidence-based practices
facilitating research aimed at improving health outcomes
informing healthcare policy, regulatory agencies, and industry about best practices

anticoagulation centers of excellence

The AC Forum has launched a new web-based program, “Anticoagulation Centers of Excellence”. The program has been created to help healthcare professionals provide the highest level of care and achieve the best possible outcomes for their patients on antithrombotic medications. This program offers a roadmap to achieving consistent, sustainable excellence in patient care. There are three essential components of the Centers of Excellence program:

An assessment tool to determine if your anticoagulation service is operating at the highest level
A comprehensive, searchable resource center that provides the guidelines and tools to improve towards excellence
The "Examples of Excellence" section, where practices are encouraged to share examples of innovative and successful solutions to challenges in patient care or service management.

Clinics that successfully complete the assessment will receive the “Anticoagulation Centers of Excellence” distinction for two years. You may explore this site at www.excellence.acforum.org

Anticoagulation Centers of Excellence website

new educational opportunities in 2014

With the introduction of many new drugs, and the changing field of anticoagulation, we know it would be beneficial for our members to have more frequent opportunities to learn and share expert information. We are pleased to introduce two new programs to be held next year.

January 16^th & 17^th, 2014

A basic training program for providers new to the field or those who want a refresher.

Curriculum will focus on the fundamentals of anticoagulation therapy
Do you have a colleague who wants to learn more about our specialized field?
Would you like to bring your new staff up-to-speed quickly?
Small group instruction given by AC Forum experts
Opportunity for Q&A and case study learning model
Continuing Education Credits offered for Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists

January 17^th & 18^th, 2014

Featuring highlights of select presentations from the 12th National Conference in Phoenix

Do you value an opportunity to network with colleagues more often?
Do you know someone who couldn’t attend the Phoenix meeting?
Benefit from a smaller setting, up-close with expert presenters
Revisit your learning from 2013
Continuing Education Credits offered for Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists

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