Clinical Trial: Eliminating Risk of Preventable Adverse Drug Events at the Hospital-community Interface of Care
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Eliminating Risk of Preventable Adverse Drug Events at the Hospital-community Interface of Care: to Develop and Test a Community-based Medication Reconciliation Program an
Brief Summary: This initiative aims to decrease the risk of medication errors at the hospital-community interface as well as health system utilization following hospital discharge by implementing a pharmacist-led medication reconciliation in the patients' home within 72 hours of hospital discharge.
Detailed Summary:
The goals of this initiative are to decrease the risk for medication errors at the hospital community interface of care, thus decreasing preventable adverse drug events and preventable drug-related health system utilization following hospital discharge. This initiative has four objectives that aim to:
- Develop and test a community-based medication reconciliation process/intervention.
- Design and conduct a randomized controlled trial to examine the impact of the intervention on post-discharge health services utilization by comparing a set of outcome variables between intervention and non-intervention groups.
- Design a risk prediction model that helps identify patients discharged from in-patient care with the highest level of need for the intervention.
- Determine whether a community-based medication reconciliation process/intervention adds risk reduction value to individuals who have undergone an in-hospital medication reconciliation.
Sponsor: Westview Physician Collaborative
Current Primary Outcome:
- Health Services Utilization 3 Months Following Hospital Discharge [ Time Frame: 3 Months ]Mean health services utilization 3 months following hospital discharge. The specific health services utilization was re-admission to hospital, admission to home care, admission to long-term care and visits to emergency departments.
- Health Services Utilization 6 Months Following Hospital Discharge [ Time Frame: 6 Months ]Mean health services utilization 6 months following hospital discharge. The specific health services utilization was re-admission to hospital, admission to home care, admission to long-term care and visits to emergency departments.
- Health Services Utilization 9 Months Following Hospital Discharge [ Time Frame: 9 Months ]Mean health services utilization 9 months following hospital discharge. The specific health services utilization was re-admission to hospital, admission to home care, admission to long-term care and visits to emergency departments.
- Health Services Utilization 12 Months Following Hospital Discharge [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Mean health services utilization 12 months following hospital discharge. The specific health services utilization was re-admission to hospital, admission to home care, admission to long-term care and visits to emergency departments.
- Health Services Utilization 18 Months Following Hospital Discharge [ Time Frame: 18 months ]Mean health services utilization 18 months following hospi
Original Primary Outcome: Health services utilization following hospital discharge. [ Time Frame: 18 months post-intervention ]
Current Secondary Outcome:
Original Secondary Outcome:
Information By: Westview Physician Collaborative
Dates:
Date Received: July 14, 2010
Date Started: November 2008
Date Completion:
Last Updated: February 12, 2013
Last Verified: February 2013
