Prothrombin Time Self-Tests Gain Support In AHRQ Patient Safety Report
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
A July 17 Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality report on improving patient safety puts pressure on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to cover home-use prothrombin time tests on a national basis.
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