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Post-Discharge Follow-Up Phone Call by a Pharmacist and Impact on Patient Care

NCT00332514 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2016-02-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose is to analyze whether a follow-up telephone call by a pharmacist after patient discharge from the hospital can improve patient outcomes.

Patients will be interviewed via telephone within 72 hours of being discharged home from the hospital. Patients will be questioned on three main topics. They are:

1. Medical care
2. Medications
3. Follow-up appointments

The purpose is to find out if people understand discharge medications, have obtained those medications, are having any problems with their medications and have scheduled necessary follow-up appointments. It will be determined if a telephone call by a pharmacist will prevent patients from needing to go to the Emergency Room or being admitted back to the hospital.

Conditions

  • Readmission, Hospital

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

telephone call by a pharmacist

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Boston Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gail M Burniske, PharmD, BCPS · Boston Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-03-31
Primary Completion
2008-01-31
Completion
2008-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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