Design & Evaluation of a Medication Therapy Management Program to Improve Patient Safety in Medicare Beneficiaries

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Chronic Illness, Adverse Effects, Medication Errors, Elderly Patients

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if a medication therapy management program designed to reconcile a patient's medications and identify and resolve drug related problems can reduce adverse drug events and other measures of safety and improve patient satisfaction.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00773942

Run by

University of Illinois at Chicago

People needed

637

Starts

2007-11-01

Expected to finish

2010-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-07-24

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Be at least 65 years old at enrollment
• Primarily uses English language for written and oral communication
• Have three or more comorbid conditions associated with increased healthcare utilization (Diabetes Mellitus, Congestive Heart Failure, Asthma, Hypertension, Dyslipidemia, COPD, Coronary Artery Disease, Chronic Renal Failure, Arthritis, Depression, Dementia, Chronic Pain, Conditions requiring anticoagulation with warfarin)
• Have visited a physician at one or more of the clinics on a regular basis (defined as two or more clinic visits over one year prior to the study start) for these conditions
• Have received 6 or more different chronic prescription medications over the six months prior to the enrollment period
• Have a telephone line and agree to maintain it for at least six months
• Have one of the following situations placing him/her at risk for a DRP (Any ER visit in past 30 days or Urgent Care visit in past 30 days leading to a change in medication or change in medication dose; New physician visit in past 30 days; Hospitalization in past 30 days; Invasive procedure (a procedure requiring substantive changes to medication taking practices or which requires informed consent) in past 30 days; Change in medication in past 30 days; Three or more providers seen in the past year

You may not qualify if…

• Terminal condition, where life expectancy is less than 6 months
• Patients already enrolled in an MTM program where medication reconciliation and/or assessment of DRPs has occurred in the previous 12 months

Where it is running

• University of Illinois at Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Duke University Health System — Durham, North Carolina, United States
• Baylor Health Care System — Dallas, Texas, United States

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