Northwestern University and Access Community Health Network Medication Education Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hypertension

In brief

Many patients have difficulty performing routine medication management tasks. Individuals with limited literacy are at high risk for these problems. The overall study objective is to rigorously evaluate two primary care-based medication therapy management strategies that leverage an electronic health record (EHR) to promote patient understanding, medication reconciliation, medication adherence and disease control among hypertensive patients at safety net clinics.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01578577

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

920

Starts

2012-04-01

Expected to finish

2016-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-06-28

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• age is 18 years or older
• at least 3 medications are prescribed by their physician
• standardized mean blood pressure measurement ≥130 mm Hg systolic or ≥ 80 mm Hg diastolic if they are diabetic or mean blood pressure measurement ≥ 135 mm Hg systolic or ≥ 85 mm Hg diastolic if they are not
• a Mini-Cog Exam score of ≥ 3
• the patient is the person primarily responsible for administering their medication
• the patient does not intend to move or change their usual source of medical care during the next year.

You may not qualify if…

• the patient's usual source of medical care is not a participating ACCESS Community Health Center
• is non-English language speaking
• does not meet mean blood pressure criteria
• has a Mini-Cog Exam score of < 3
• is not the person primarily responsible for administering medication
• intends to move or change their usual source of medical care during the next year.
• Is not prescribed at least 3 medications

Where it is running

• ACCESS Community Health Network — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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