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Impact of Pharmacists Directed Medication Reconciliation on Reducing Medication Discrepancies in a Surgery Ward

NCT03928106 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 123

Last updated 2019-04-25

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Summary

Several previous studies have investigated the impact of a pharmacists-provided medication reconciliation service on medication discrepancies in the hospital settings Results showed that pharmacists were able to identify a range of 1.5-2.3 unintentional discrepancies per patient, leading to a significant reduction of 40-75% of the total identified medication discrepancies. No previous study has investigated the outcomes of involving the clinical pharmacist in a medication reconciliation service in in Jordan.

Acknowledging the importance of evaluating the value of medication reconciliation services in the different healthcare settings, this study is designed with the aim to evaluate the effect of pharmacists directed services (reconciliation plus counseling) on reducing medication discrepancies and improving patient's outcomes at discharge.

Conditions

  • Safety Issues

Interventions

OTHER

pharmacists' recommendation

For patients in the intervention group, upon identification of drug discrepancies, pharmacist responsible for enrollment will be intervened by contacting the responsible clinician using a structured written consult form. The number of accepted recommendations by the clinicians will be documented and recorded. When the researcher suggests resolving an identified discrepancy and the responsible clinicians accept the suggestion will be called an accepted recommendation (just an acceptance without any correction), if the accepted suggestion is implemented then this will be called implemented recommendation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Jordan

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-04-01
Primary Completion
2017-07-30
Completion
2017-07-30

Countries

  • Jordan

Study Locations

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