Evaluation of Partnered Pharmacist Charting at Admission and Discharge

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hospital admission; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616001034426
• Lead Sponsor: Alfred Health Pharmacy Department

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-08-04
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 600

Inclusion Criteria

Admission charting: All patients admitted as an inpatient under the general medical unit (GMU) or emergency short stay unit (ESSU) at the Alfred Hospital within pharmacist working hours (7am to 9pm, Monday to Sunday)
Discharge charting: All patients discharged from an inpatient stay under the general medical unit (GMU) at the Alfred Hospital within pharmacist working hours (7am to 9pm, Monday to Sunday)

Exclusion Criteria

Patients not admitted under General Medicine or Emergency Short Stay.
(For admission charting): patients admitted outside of pharmacist working hours
(For discharge charting): patients discharged outside of pharmacist working hours

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Medical errors identified within 24 hours of admission, collected by clinical pharmacists during clinical care (at this institution, daily medication review is carried out by clinical pharmacists for all patients)[24 hours after admission];Medical errors identified in the discharge medication summary at time of discharge from hospital, retrospectively collected by an independent data collector reviewing medical records[Discharge from hospital]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Severity of admission medical errors identified as above, assessed using a risk matrix by an independent panel made up of a general medical physician, emergency medicine physician, and clinical pharmacist.[Within 24 hours of admission];Severity of discharge medical errors identified as above, assessed using a risk matrix by an independent panel made up of a general medical physician, emergency medicine physician, and clinical pharmacist.[Discharge from hospital]