Medical Devices

New service enables anticoagulant patients to self-test levels at home

Published in Blood Weekly, March 9th, 2006

People who need anticoagulant medications can now self-test their blood levels in the comfort and convenience of their home - or easily while they are traveling - with the help of the INR@Home Self-Testing service from Raytel Cardiac Services.

A new study in The Lancet (February 4, 2006, Vol. 367, pages 404-411) shows that self-monitoring of one's oral anticoagulation therapy can keep patients in therapeutic range more frequently, reducing the risk of death by one-third from all causes.

Another previous study in the Annals of Internal Medicine shows that the ease and convenience of testing INR at home increases patient compliance and...

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