ACTRN12624000480583
Not Yet Recruiting
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A stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a multifaceted intervention aimed at improving medicine information handover when patients are discharged from hospital back into the community
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- medication error
- Sponsor
- The University of Queensland
- Enrollment
- 2200
- Status
- Not Yet Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
No summary available.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients at risk of hospital readmission due to potential medication\-related harm
- •Hospital pharmacists, doctors and nurses involved in patients' discharge process.
- •Community pharmacists nominated by patients at their preferred community pharmacy.
- •GPs nominated by patients as their usual GPs.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients who were admitted to hospital during the indexed admission due to a cancer diagnosis and are receiving chemotherapy,
- •Patients who were admitted to hospital during the indexed admission due to a mental health condition.
- •Patients who were admitted to hospital during the indexed admission due to kidney disease and who are on renal dialysis.
- •Individuals residing in nursing homes (Residential Aged Care Facilities)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Not specified
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