Ambulatory Medication Reconciliation Following Hospital Discharge
Status unconfirmed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Medication Administered in Error, Adverse Drug Events
In brief
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.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00740675
- Run by
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- People needed
- 912
- Starts
- 2008-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2011-02-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2011-01-06
Who can join
Age: 55 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 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
You may not qualify if…
- Unable to provide informed consent and has no proxy who administers patient's medications and can provide informed consent
Where it is running
- Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Brigham & Women's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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