Status:
COMPLETED
Improving Safety By Computerizing Outpatient Prescribing
Lead Sponsor:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Conditions:
Impact of Electronic Prescribing on Medication Safety
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Patient safety is at the forefront of critical issues in health care. Medications are the single most frequent cause of adverse events, and in the inpatient setting adverse drug events (ADEs) are comm...
Detailed Description
Specific Aim 1: Increase routine identification of outpatient adverse drug events (ADEs) through development of a computerized ADE detection monitor. Specific Aim 2: Use basic computerized outpatient...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- At Brigham \& Women's Hospital, clinics utilizing the electronic medical record will be included. At Regenstrief, any clinic that has access to their electronic medical record will be utilized.
- For the impact of basic decision support, clinics were not randomized
- For impact of advanced decision support, clinics were randomized to receive the intervention
Exclusion
- Clinics not using electronic medical records
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2000
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
701 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00235027
Start Date
August 1 2000
End Date
December 1 2010
Last Update
July 21 2015
Active Locations (2)
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1
Regenstrief/Indiana University
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
2
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115