Anticoagulation Clinic
Contacts
Location
1101 Welch Road, Ste C5
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Contact Information
Phone: (650) 725-4932
Fax: (650) 725-9314
Appointments
Phone: (650) 725-4932
Clinic Hours
Monday - Friday
8:30am - 4:30pm
Patient Resources
The Stanford Department of Pharmacy provides a wide range of services for inpatients and outpatients. One of the services not well known to the community is the Stanford Anticoagulation Clinic.
The pharmacists at the Anticoagulation Clinic are committed to providing quality clinical and educational services that are timely and responsive to the needs of patients, families, other health professionals and the community.
Program Services
The Oral Anticoagulation Clinic (OAC) of Stanford Hospital & Clinics offers a comprehensive range of patient-focused pharmacy services. The goal of OAC is to optimize the patient's anticoagulation therapy with warfarin and/or low-molecular weight heparin.Patients are carefully monitored and followed using an established anticoagulation protocol including lab draws and follow-up visits or phone calls. In addition, the clinical pharmacist is available 24 hours a day via pager for emergency situations regarding the patient's anticoagulation therapy.
The clinic is currently managing 30 - 40 patients per day and receives referrals from multiple services including Cardiology, Oncology, Transplant Surgery, Hematology, Primary care/ Internal medicine groups.
Oral Anticoagulation Clinic is a critical source of patient support and education since the staff interfaces with each patient at least once a month. The staff also provides educational services about anticoagulation, possible interactions, possible complications and side effects.
Winner of the 2005 Malinda Mitchell Award for Service Quality
The Malinda Mitchell Award recognizes excellence in quality and service within the Stanford Hospital & Clinics community.About the Award
Malinda Mitchell is former president and chief executive officer of Stanford Hospital & Clinics. She left Stanford feeling “very proud that our organization has consistently maintained its excellence in the care that we give to patients and in the support that we provide for teaching and research.” She believes her greatest contribution to Stanford Hospital & Clinics was the development of a team-oriented approach to hospital management.