Multi-Center Medication Reconciliation Quality Improvement Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Adverse Drug Events, Medication Administered in Error

In brief

Patients often have problems after they leave the hospital, in part because errors are made in the medications they are prescribed. The goal of this project is to develop a more accurate and safe medication prescription process when patients enter and leave the hospital and implement this process at six U.S. hospitals. The investigators will measure the success of the project and develop lessons learned so this process can be applied to other hospitals.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01337063

Run by

Brigham and Women's Hospital

People needed

1836

Starts

2011-03-01

Expected to finish

2014-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-11-13

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Age 18 and over
• Admitted to inpatient medical or surgical services

You may not qualify if…

• Vulnerable populations (pregnant women, prisoners, institutionalized individuals)
• Under 18 years
• Hospital staff subjects:
• Personnel directly involved in the medication reconciliation process, which depending on the site might include residents, physician assistants, inpatient attending physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians.

Where it is running

• University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States
• Emory Johns Creek Hospital — Johns Creek, Georgia, United States
• University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Baystate Health — Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
• Presbyterian Hospital — Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
• Sioux Falls VA Medical Center — Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

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