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Improving Safety After Hospitalization in Older Persons on High-Risk Medications

NCT02781662 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 361

Last updated 2023-06-05

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Summary

This study evaluates an intervention to reduce medication errors and adverse drug events in older adults who have recently been discharged from the hospital and prescribed anticoagulants, diabetes agents, or opioids. Half of the study participants will receive the intervention, while the other half will receive usual care.

Conditions

  • Medication Safety

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Pharmacist Home-Visit

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Reliant Medical Group

    collaborator OTHER

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

    collaborator FED

  • University of Massachusetts, Worcester

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jerry H Gurwitz, MD · Meyers Primary Care Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-07-28
Primary Completion
2019-09-20
Completion
2019-09-20

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