Electronic Prescribing and Electronic Transmission of Discharge Medication Lists

Completed

• Conditions: Medication Errors
• Interventions: Other: E-prescribing system; Other: Electronic transmission of medication discharge lists

• Registration Number: NCT00603070
• Lead Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is twofold:

1. to measure the effects of transitioning from one electronic prescribing system to another in the ambulatory setting on medication errors and human-computer interactions

2. to evaluate the impact of electronic transmission of discharge medication lists to the ambulatory setting on medication discrepancies and adverse drug events

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2008-01-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-01-26
• Study First Posted: 2008-01-28
• Study Start: 2008-03
• Primary Completion: 2011-03
• Study Completion: 2011-03
• Status Verified: 2012-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-02-17
• Last Update Posted: 2012-02-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 130

Inclusion Criteria

• Physicians or nurse practitioners with at least 4 clinic sessions per week

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
1	E-prescribing system	All physicians and nurse practitioners at 1 ambulatory care clinics
2	Electronic transmission of medication discharge lists	All physicians and nurse practitioners at 1 ambulatory care clinics

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prescription medication errors	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)	30 days after patient is discharged from hospital
Patient adverse drug events (as determined by patient telephone interview and medical record review)	30 days after patient hospital discharge

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Human-Computer interactions as measured by physician interview and direct observation of physician work	3 months after intervention

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Weill Cornell Internal Medicine Associates; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States