- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT00740675
Ambulatory Medication Reconciliation Following Hospital Discharge
Ambulatory Medication Reconciliation Following Hospital Discharge: Project 4 From "Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERT) on Health Information Technology"
Study Overview
Status
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Massachusetts
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
- Massachusetts General Hospital
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02120
- Brigham & Women'S Hospital
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients admitted to BWH or MGH who plan to follow up with a PCP in one of 12 primary care practices affiliated with BWH or MGH.
Patients will need to meet the following criteria:
- 1) be 55 years or older,
- 2) be admitted to the participating delivery system's hospital during the study period for a non-psychiatric condition,
- 3) have no plans to enter hospice,
- 4) be discharged back to the community,
5) be prescribed 5 or more medications at discharge, including at least one of the following:
- antibiotics,
- insulin,
- antihypertensives,
- anti-rejection,
- antiarrhythmics,
- inhalers,
- antiepileptics,
- antianginals,
- pain medications,
- oral hypoglycemics,
- steroids,
- anticoagulants.
- These drugs were selected because they require close monitoring, increase risk for drug-drug interactions, have a narrow therapeutic window, or are known to increase risk for ADEs in the older adult population
Exclusion Criteria:
Unable to provide informed consent and has no proxy who administers patient's medications and can provide informed consent
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Double
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: 1
At post-discharge follow-up visit with PCP, PCP views:
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The post-discharge medication reconciliation module has the following features:
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No Intervention: Uusual care
PCPs manage the patient's medications after hospital discharge as they normally would.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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presence of at least one serious medication error per patient
Time Frame: 30 days post-discharge
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30 days post-discharge
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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ED visits and non-scheduled hospital readmissions and ED visits
Time Frame: within 30 days of discharge
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within 30 days of discharge
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Accuracy of medication list in ambulatory electronic medical record
Time Frame: 30 days post discharge
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30 days post discharge
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Study Director: David W Bates, MD, MSc, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Anticipated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 1U18 HS016790-01
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