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  • Betty Winter Anticoagulation Management Center At Emerson Hospital
    Concord, MA
  • Johns Hopkins Pediatric Anticoagulation Clinic
    Baltimore, MD
  • Univ. of Illinois Chicago-Antithrombosis Service
    Chicago, IL
  • Lakeland Regional Health
    Lakeland, FL
  • Walla Walla VA Anticoagulation Clinic
    Walla Walla, WA
  • Rutland Heart Center
    Rutland, VT
  • College Park Family Care Center Anticoagulation Therapy Clinic
    Overland Park, KS
  • Indiana Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center
    Indianapolis, IN
  • InterMed Family Medicine
    Yarmouth, ME
  • Cigna Medical Group Sun City - Multi-Specialty Center
    Peoria, AZ
  • Trinity Medical Center Pharmacy
    Steubenville, OH
  • Salt Lake City VAMC
    Salt Lake City, UT
  • Mayo Clinic
    Rochester, MN
  • Sarasota Memorial Hospital Anticoagulation Services - Heritage Harbor
    Bradenton, FL
  • El Reno Indian Health Center Pharmacy
    El Reno, OK
  • EVANS Army Community Hospital
    Ft. Carson, CO
  • Franciscan St Margaret Health Anticoagulation Clinic
    DYER, IN
  • The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital AMSAnticoagulation Ce
    Columbus, OH
  • WVUH Anticoagulation Clinic
    Morgantown, WV
  • MultiCare Good Samaritan Anticoagulation Clinic
    Puyallup, WA
  • Dana Farber Cancer Institute Anticoagulation Management Service
    Boston, MA
  • Adirondack Health
    Saranac Lake, NY
  • HFHS Anticoagulation Clinic
    West Bloomfield, MI
  • Deaconess Hospital Anticoagulation Clinic
    Evansville, IN
  • St. Charles Mercy Hospital Anticoagulation Service
    Oregon, OH
  • Anticoagulation and Clinical Thrombosis Services-Lake Success
    Lake Success, NY
  • HFHS Ambulatory Anticoagulation Service
    Novi, MI
  • Mercy West Hospital Anticoagulation Clinic
    Cincinnati, OH
  • Orlando VA Healthcare System
    Orlando, FL
  • Mercy Health St. Anne
    Toledo, OH
  • Group Health Cooperative
    Madison, WI
  • SIUH/Northwell Health
    Staten Island, NY
  • St. Tammany Health System
    Covington, LA
  • Anticoagulation Department/Pharmacy VAMC
    Cleveland, OH
  • Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Anticoagulation Program
    Burlington, MA
  • Phoenix VAMC
    Phoenix, AZ
  • Multicare Tacoma Family Medicine Anticoagulation Clinic
    Tacoma, WA
  • Vail Health Anticoagulation Clinic
    Vail, CO
  • Cigna Medical Group Anticoagulation Management Services - Clyde Wright
    Phoenix, AZ
  • Mercer Bucks Cardiology
    Lawrenceville, NJ
  • Cigna Medical Group Anticoagulation Management Services - Superstition Springs
    Mesa, AZ
  • St. Francis Hospital Anticoagulation Service
    Hartford, CT
  • University of Wisconsin Health Anticoagulation Clinic
    Madison, WI
  • Lahey Outpaient Center, Danvers Anticoagulation Management Services
    Danvers, MA
  • WSM VA Hospital Anticoagulation Clinic
    Madison, WI
  • University of Utah Health Thrombosis Service
    Murray, UT
  • ACY VAMC
    Murfreesboro, TN
  • Cigna Medical Group Anticoagulation Management Services - Stapley
    Mesa, AZ
  • Brigham & Womens Anticoagulation Management Service
    Boston, MA
  • InterMed Anticoagulation Management Services
    South Portland, ME
  • North Estonia Medical Centre
    Tallinn, NA
  • University of Michigan Anticoagulation Service
    Ann Arbor, MI
  • Froedtert Hospital - Stroke Center
    Milwaukee, WI
  • Indian River Medical Center
    Sebastian, FL
  • Western Reserve Anticoagulation Clinic
    Cuyahogo Falls, OH
  • Cleveland Clinic - Pharmacy Anticoagulation Clinic
    Cleveland, OH
  • Boston Medical Center Anticoagulation Clinic
    Boston, MA
  • Anticoagulation Management Services - Upstate University Hospital
    Syracuse, NY
  • Valley Medical Center Anticoagulation Clinic
    Renton, WA
  • CoxHealth Anticoagulation Clinic
    Springfield, MO
  • University of Toledo Medical Center
    Toledo, OH
  • Confluence Health Anticoagulation Service
    Wenatchee, WA
  • Overlake Hospital Anticoagulation Clinic
    Bellevue, WA
  • OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Anticoagulation Clinic
    Columbus, OH
  • Multicare Gig Harbor Anticoagulation Clinic
    Gig Harbor, WA
  • Rutland Regional Medical Center
    Rutland, VT
  • AHN Anticoagulation Clinic
    Pittsburgh, PA
  • Sanford Anticoagulation Clinic
    Fargo, ND
  • Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center
    Saginaw, MI
  • Indian River Medical Center
    Vero Beach, FL
  • Swedish Medical Center - Department of Pharmacy Regional Anticoagulation Services
    Seattle, WA
  • Fairview Clinic
    Minneapolis, MN
  • Kaiser Permanente Colorado
    Aurora, CO
  • Prisma Health Pharmacy Anticoagulation Clinic Greer
    Greer, SC
  • Infusion Center and Interim Care Unit at Lee Memorial Hospital
    Fort Myers, FL
  • Cardiology Associates of Schenectady
    Schenectady, NY
  • Huntington Hospital
    Huntington, NY
  • MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Anticoagulation Clinic
    Auburn, WA
  • Atrius Health
    Norwood, MA
  • University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics / UW Health / Anticoagulation Service
    Madison, WI
  • Providence Holy Family Anticoagulation Clinic
    Spokane, WA
  • Duke Health Anticoagulation Services
    Durham, NC
  • Providence St. Peter Hospital
    Olympia, WA
  • Massachusetts General Hospital Anticoagulation Management Service
    Boston, MA
  • Huntington Hospital In-Patient Pharmacy
    Pasadena, CA
  • Swedish American Health System Anticoagulation Clinic
    Rockford, IL
  • Samaritan Hospital-Albany Memorial Campus
    Albany, NY
  • The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center University Hospital East Anticoagulation Management
    Columbus, OH
  • Renown Health Anticoagulation Program
    Reno, NV
  • Multicare Allenmore Anticoagulation Clinic
    Tacoma, WA
  • Kaiser Permanente
    Tucker, GA
  • Excela Health Cardiology
    Greensburg, PA
  • NYU Anticoagulation Service at Langone Medical Center
    New York, NY
  • Sanford USD Medical Center
    Sioux Falls, SD
  • Memorial Medical Center Anticoag Management Service
    Las Cruces, NM
  • Sarasota Memorial Hospital Anticoagulation Services - Venice
    Venice, FL
  • Marshfield Clinic Health Systems
    Marshfield, WI
  • Scott & White Clinic
    Temple, TX
  • Carroll Hospital Center Anticoagulation Clinic
    Westminster, MD
  • Cincinnati VA Medical Center Anticoagulation Clinic
    Cincinnati, OH
  • CBC Coagulation & Bleeding Clinic @ TX Tech U HSC El Paso
    El Paso, TX
  • Mercy Health Saint Marys Anticoagulation Management Service
    Grand Rapids, MI
  • Banner Baywood Medication Management Clinic
    Mesa, AZ
  • VA Loma Linda Healthcare System Anticoagulation Service
    Loma Linda, CA
  • Providence Sacred Heart Anticoagulation Clinic
    Spokane, WA
  • St. Josephs Healthcare Hamilton
    Hamilton, ON
  • ANTI COAGULATION CLINIC
    Cork, NA
  • VA Medical Center - Minneapolis
    Minneapolis, MN
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center Anticoagulation Clinic
    Nashville, TN
  • St. Tammany Health System Anticoagulation Clinic
    Covington, LA
  • UMassMemorial Anticoagulation Center
    Worcester, MA
  • Valley Medical Center Anticoagulation Clinic
    Renton, WA
  • Tuality Anticoagulation Clinic
    Hillsboro, OR
  • Seattle Childrens Hospital
    Seattle, WA
  • Kaleida Health: Buffalo General Medical Center
    Buffalo, NY
  • Mercy St. Ritas Medication Management Clinic
    Lima, OH
  • PeaceHealth Anticoagulation Clinic
    Bellingham, WA
  • Geisinger Medical Center
    Danville, PA
  • Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center- Hematology AC Clinic
    Baltimore, MD
  • SUMMA Anticoagulation Management Service
    Akron, OH
  • Mission Health
    Asheville, NC
  • Zuni Comprehensive Community Health Center
    Zuni, NM
  • UMass memorial healthcare
    Worcester, MA
  • Nebraska Medicine
    Omaha, NE
  • University of Washington Medical Center Anticoagulation Services, Department of Pharmacy
    Seattle, WA
  • Bellevue Cardiology Clinic
    Seattle, WA
  • Franciscan St Margaret Health Anticoagulation Clinic
    Hammond, IN
  • Rocky Mountain Heart & Lung Anticoagulation Clinic
    Kalispell, MT
  • Sarasota Memorial Hospital Anticoagulation Services- Heart and Vascular Services
    Sarasota, FL
  • Bassett Medical Center Anticoagulation Management Service
    Cooperstown, NY
  • Oklahoma Heart Hospital
    Oklahoma City, OK
  • Sarasota Memorial Hospital Anticoagulation Services - Blackburn Point
    Sarasota, FL
  • University of New Mexico Anticoagulation Center
    Albuquerque, NM
  • Gulf States Hemophilia and Thrombophilia Center
    Houston, TX
  • Ascension Resurrection Medical Center Anticoagulation Clinic
    Chicago, IL
  • Sarasota Memorial Hospital Anticoagulation Services - University Parkway
    Sarasota, FL
  • Anticoagulation and Clinical Thrombosis Services-Great Neck
    Great Neck, NY
  • St. Peters Health Partners Anticoagulation Clinic
    Troy, NY
  • St. Josephs
    Savannah, GA
  • The James Anticoagulation Management Service at The Ohio State University
    Columbus, OH
  • Coumadin Clinic at St Joseph Hospital
    Nashua, NH
  • Mercer Bucks Cardiology
    Newtown, PA
  • Barnet federated GP Anticoagulation Service
    Finchley, London, NA
  • Prisma Health Pharmacy Anticoagulation Clinic Simpsonville
    Simpsonville, SC
  • InterMed Internal Medicine
    Portland, ME
  • Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital
    Williamsville, NY
  • Kaleida Health
    Buffalo, NY
  • Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
    Chicago, IL
  • AtlantiCare MTDM Anticoagulation Clinic
    Pomona, NJ
  • Piedmont Athens Regional AMS
    Athens, GA
  • Sentara Anticoagulation Services
    Virginia Beach, VA
  • Indian River Medical Center
    Vero Beach, FL
  • Henry Ford Health System Anticoagulation Clinic
    West Bloomfield, MI
  • Prisma Health Pharmacy Anticoagulation Clinic Greenville
    Greenville, SC
  • UC Irvine Medical Center Anticoagulation Clinic
    Orange, CA
  • UCHealth Heart and Vascular - YVMC
    Steamboat Springs, CO
  • Hallmark Health System Anticoagulation Management Service
    Stoneham, MA
  • Huntington Hospital Medication Therapy Management Clinic
    Pasadena, CA
  • Alaska Native Medical Center
    Anchorage, AK
  • WCGH Anticoagulation Clinic
    Belfast, ME
  • Concord Hospital-Laconia Anticoagulation Clinic
    Laconia, NH
  • West Middlesex University Hospital
    London, NA
  • University of Toledo Medical Center
    Toledo, OH
  • Cigna Medical Group Anticoagulation Management Service
    Sun City, AZ
  • Providence Anticoagulation and Pharmacotherapy Clinic
    Spokane, WA
  • HonorHealth Medication Management - Scottsdale Shea Medical Center
    Scottsdale, AZ
  • Park Nicollet Anticoagulation Clinic
    St. Louis Park, MN
  • Hartford Healthcare Anticoagulation Clinic
    Norwich, CT
  • UC Davis Health
    Sacramento, CA
  • Claremore Indian Hospital
    Claremore, OK
  • Penn State Hershey Medical Center Anticoagulation Clinic
    Hershey, PA
  • UTHCT - IMC Coagulation Clinic
    Tyler, TX
  • Froedtert Anticoagulation & Medication Therapy Clinic
    Milwaukee, WI
  • Presbyterian Healthcare Services
    Albuquerque, NM
  • Sarasota Memorial Hospital Anticoagulation Services - Clark Road
    Sarasota, FL
  • Kaiser Permanente of Washington, Anticoagulation and Anemia Management Service
    Renton, WA
  • Anticoagulation Medication Management Clinic at Rutland Heart Center
    Rutland, VT
  • B.I. Deaconess Medical Center Anticoagulation Management Service
    Boston, MA
  • VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System Pharmacy Anticoagulation
    Reno, NV

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Welcome to Anticoagulation Centers of Excellence

The Anticoagulation Centers of Excellence program was created in 2012 to help healthcare professionals provide the highest level of care and achieve the best possible outcomes for their patients on antithrombotic medications. Through access to evidence-based guidelines and constantly researched and updated best practices, tools and information, healthcare professionals will be able to improve outcomes through active participation in their patients' care. The Anticoagulation Centers of Excellence program offers a roadmap to achieving consistent, sustainable excellence in patient care.

There are two essential components to the Centers of Excellence program - an assessment tool to determine if your anticoagulation service is operating at the highest level, with recommendations and resources provided for specific areas that can be improved; and a comprehensive, searchable resource center that provides the guidelines and tools to improve towards excellence.

This Centers of Excellence program was created by the Anticoagulation Forum, the leading organization of healthcare professionals working to improve the quality of care for patients taking antithrombotic medications. More than 30 anticoagulation physicians, pharmacists, and nurse experts have worked together to create this resource. There is no cost to participate in this program.

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About AC Forum

Anticoagulation Centers of Excellence is a program of the Anticoagulation Forum. The Anticoagulation Forum is a multidisciplinary nonprofit organization of health care professionals that works to improve the quality of care for patients taking antithrombotic medications. The AC Forum works to 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, and informing healthcare policy, regulatory agencies, and industry about best practices. Founded in 1991 by Jack Ansell, MD, the organization has grown to over 12,000 members representing over 3,000 anticoagulation clinics throughout the world. Currently led by President Allison Burnett, PharmD, PhC, CACP, the AC Forum continues to be an important source of information and education for its expanding membership.

For more information visit acforum.org.

ACE Videos

Select Presentations from our National Conferences on Anticoagulation Therapy. Presentations will be available for limited time. Check back often for new presentations.

Rapid Fire: Top Articles You Need To Know
Tracy Minichiello, MD
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DOACs for Atrial Fibrillation, Why Are So Many AF Patients NOT On Anticoagulation
David Garcia, MD
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A Brief History of the World of Anticoagulation
Allison Burnett, PharmD, CACP, PhC
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