Taconic Health Information Network and Community (THINC)

NCT00225563 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2019-11-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The Taconic IPA, a 2,500 physician independent practice association (IPA) located in Fishkill, New York (NY), is involved in an information technology project to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of healthcare in the region. Over the past three years, the organization has worked with area hospitals and laboratories to create a community wide electronic data exchange. Currently, the Taconic IPA is in the midst of implementing a full electronic health record in some practices and e-prescribing in other practices. The purpose is to study the impact of an electronic health record on safety and quality measures.

Conditions

  • Medication Errors

Interventions

DEVICE

Electronic Health Record

e-prescribing methods

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • A. John Blair, MD · Taconic IPA

  • Rainu Kaushal, MD · Partners Health Care

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-07-21
Primary Completion
2012-05-25
Completion
2014-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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