Regional Data Exchange to Improve Medication Safety
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Drug Toxicity
In brief
Medication reconciliation, a process by which a provider obtains and documents a thorough medication history with specific attention to comparing current and previous medication use, can prevent medication-related errors and harm. The aims of this study are: 1) To adapt medication reconciliation to include information from a computerized regional health information exchange (RHIO) in the Bronx, 2) To conduct a trial of the adapted medication reconciliation process and examine effects on medication errors, harm, and hospital costs, and 3) To identify factors that are barriers to adoption of the RHIO tool by James J. Peters (Bronx) VA providers. Findings from this project will provide an understanding of the effect of the RHIO tool on reducing harmful VA and non-VA medication use. It will also provide information on the feasibility of incorporating RHIO tool use into every day work flow for pharmacists and physicians.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01239121
- Run by
- VA Office of Research and Development
- People needed
- 402
- Starts
- 2012-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2016-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2016-08-15
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Veterans admitted to James J. Peters VA hospital units 6B, 7B, 7C, or 8B or seen as outpatients in the Geriatrics Primary care clinic, who have an identity match in the Bronx RHIO, who consent to participate in the Bronx RHIO, and who stay on the unit at least 24 hours
You may not qualify if…
- Cannot be transferred from another James J. Peters VA hospital unit
Where it is running
- James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY — The Bronx, New York, United States
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