Pharmacist Intervention to Decrease Medication Errors in Heart Disease Patients (The PILL-CVD Study)

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Conditions studied: Acute Coronary Syndrome, Heart Failure

In brief

Many people who have recently left the hospital have difficulties managing their medications, and medication errors are common. Patients with low health literacy levels may have a particularly difficult time understanding medication dosing and instructions. This study will evaluate a literacy-focused program that provides educational assistance from pharmacists at the time of hospital discharge to people hospitalized with heart problems.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00632021

Run by

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

People needed

862

Starts

2008-05-01

Expected to finish

2012-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-09-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Admitted to a participating study hospital
• Diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes or heart failure

You may not qualify if…

• Too ill to participate
• Corrected visual acuity worse than 20/200
• Severe hearing impairment
• Patient is not being discharged to their home
• No regular telephone number
• Not fluent in English or Spanish
• Unintelligible speech
• In police custody
• Caregiver manages all medications
• Delirium or severe dementia
• Psychotic illness
• Already participating in a conflicting study

Where it is running

• Brigham and Women's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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