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Ambulatory Medication Reconciliation Following Hospital Discharge

NCT00740675 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 912

Last updated 2011-01-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Adverse drug events (ADEs) after hospital discharge are common. The purpose of this research study is see if we can design an electronic tool given to your primary care provider (PCP) that will reduce adverse drug events, hospital readmissions, and emergency department visits after you are discharged from the hospital.

Conditions

  • Medication Administered in Error
  • Adverse Drug Events

Interventions

OTHER

Outpatient Medication Reconciliation

The post-discharge medication reconciliation module has the following features: 1. Presents the (preadmission) ambulatory medication list and the hospital discharge medication list side-by-side, sorted by class, with all identical medications lined up next to each other and all differences in the two regimens highlighted. 2. Allows users to update the ambulatory medication list with a few keystrokes (i.e., to accept individual changes made during the hospitalization). 3. Allows reconciliation to be performed in full (e.g., for PCPs who are responsible for the entire medication list) or in part (e.g., for specialists).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David W Bates, MD, MSc · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-04-30
Primary Completion
2009-08-31
Completion
2011-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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