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Electronic Prescribing and Electronic Transmission of Discharge Medication Lists

NCT00603070 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 130

Last updated 2012-02-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is twofold:

1. to measure the effects of transitioning from one electronic prescribing system to another in the ambulatory setting on medication errors and human-computer interactions
2. to evaluate the impact of electronic transmission of discharge medication lists to the ambulatory setting on medication discrepancies and adverse drug events

Conditions

  • Medication Errors

Interventions

OTHER

E-prescribing system

Transition from home-grown to vendor-based ambulatory e-prescribing systems

OTHER

Electronic transmission of medication discharge lists

Patient discharge medication lists will be transmitted upon discharge from their inpatient medical record to their outpatient medical record and their outpatient provider will be notified of this transmission.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

    collaborator FED

  • New York Presbyterian Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Columbia University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Oregon Health and Science University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rainu Kaushal, MD, MPH · Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-03-31
Primary Completion
2011-03-31
Completion
2011-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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