The Clozapine Resource Centre in British Columbia is a centralized
information source for all physicians wishing to prescribe clozapine and
also performs back-up hematological and compliance monitoring. Laboratories
fax weekly hematology results to physicians and to the center. The center
enters results in a national database and compiles twice-weekly
noncompliance reports; physicians are notified of abnormal results, and
caregivers of noncompliance. The centralized system obviates the practice
in some jurisdictions of hiring case coordinators to oversee these
procedures and may reduce physician reluctance to prescribe clozapine. It
improves coordination among monitoring and treatment parties and ensures
better continuity of care.
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