INR Self-Testing – Blood Clots

If you are on warfarin and are interested in checking your INR with a home monitoring device, you should discuss your options with your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider will need to 1) write a prescription for the device 2) be available to instruct you in dosage adjustments and 3) remain medically responsible for your anticoagulation management.Once a prescription has been written that directs you to self-test your INR, you can speak with your doctor or your insurance company for guidance about where to obtain your device and how to get started.

You also can get similar guidance from a POC device manufacturer or an Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) or distributor that provides patient services connected to at-home INR testing. Most of these IDTFs will require that your doctor send them your self-testing prescription, as well as your relevant medical information, to enroll you in their service.

IDTFs can play a valuable role in your self-testing efforts, as they can help you verify your insurance or Medicare coverage, provide training to help improve your self-testing skills, help manage your testing results, and ensure that your test results routinely reach your healthcare professional.

Below is an alphabetical listing of several different device manufacturers, IDTFs, and patient services that you can explore for more information and guidance:

Acelis Connected Health

Acelis Connected Health, an Abbott Company, provides an end-to-and service for PT/INR management with support for both patients and their physicians. You can learn more about Acelis Connected Health and their service by reading the frequently asked questions that appear on their website here.

Advanced Cardio Services

Advanced Cardio Services is an IDTF that provides a home anticoagulation testing and monitoring service to help reduce the risk of potential complications associated with long-term warfarin therapy or out-of-range INR levels. You can learn more about INR self-testing through this service by reading the frequently asked questions that appear on their website here.

CoaguChek^® and CoaguChek^® Patient Services

CoaguChek^® and CoaguChek^® Patient Services is a service of Roche Diagnostics. Roche Diagnostics manufactures and sells a broad spectrum of diagnostic equipment and supplies, including the CoaguChek^® XS device for INR self-testing. To learn more about this company’s INR self-testing devices and patient home-testing services, you can begin by reading the information that appears on their CoaguChek^® Patient Services website here.

mdINR

mdINR is a Lincare company, and an IDTF that provides equipment and services for patients who perform INR at-home self-testing. You can learn more about their services by reviewing the frequently asked questions posted to their website here.

RCS (Remote Cardiac Services)

RCS is an IDTF that supports the INR self-testing needs of clinicians and patients. You can learn more about INR self-testing through this service by reading the frequently asked questions that appear on their website here.

Remote INR™ by BioTel^® Heart

Remote INR™ by BioTel Heart^® (formerly CoaguChek^® Patient Services) provides the convenience and quality to implement a successful self-testing anticoagulation program for patients and physicians. For more information about this company’s patient home-testing services, and to review the frequently asked questions that appear on their website, click here.