NCT00603070
Completed
Not Applicable
Electronic Prescribing and Electronic Transmission of Discharge Medication Lists to Improve Ambulatory Medication Safety
ConditionsMedication Errors
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Medication Errors
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Enrollment
- 130
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Prescription medication errors
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 14 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is twofold:
- to measure the effects of transitioning from one electronic prescribing system to another in the ambulatory setting on medication errors and human-computer interactions
- to evaluate the impact of electronic transmission of discharge medication lists to the ambulatory setting on medication discrepancies and adverse drug events
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Physicians or nurse practitioners with at least 4 clinic sessions per week
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Prescription medication errors
Time Frame: 2 weeks prior, 3 months, 1 year after intervention and 2 years after intervention
Medication discrepancies (as detected on a comparison between inpatient and outpatient medical records)
Time Frame: 30 days after patient is discharged from hospital
Patient adverse drug events (as determined by patient telephone interview and medical record review)
Time Frame: 30 days after patient hospital discharge
Secondary Outcomes
- Human-Computer interactions as measured by physician interview and direct observation of physician work(3 months after intervention)
Study Sites (1)
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