Evaluation of Partnered Pharmacist Medication Charting at Admission: Expansion Project

Not Applicable

Completed

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

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616000961448
• Lead Sponsor: Alfred Health Pharmacy Department

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-07-21
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 15000

Inclusion Criteria

Patients admitted to the General Medical unit for inpatient admission
Over 18 years of age

Exclusion Criteria

Patients not admitted to the General Medical unit for inpatient admission.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
umber of medication errors made during admission charting, assessed by medical record review.[Time of admission]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Risk level of errors made during admission, assessed by a panel comprising of an Emergency physician, a General Medicine physician and a clinical pharmacist. The panel will review errors identified by medical record review (primary outcome), and assign a consensus score based on risk severity and the probability of occurrence using the validated Australian Standards for Risk Management in Healthcare risk classification matrix. [Admission];Length of hospital stay, as assessed by review of medical records.[Discharge];Cost of hospital admission to the health service, assessed by using hospital Performance and Analysis/coding reports for inpatient episodes.[At Discharge]