Status:

COMPLETED

Outpatient Prescription Errors: Detection, Analysis, and Impact on Safety

Lead Sponsor:

University of Vermont

Collaborating Sponsors:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care

Conditions:

Medication Errors

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to better understand outpatient prescribing errors through clinic and pharmacy-based error reporting systems.

Detailed Description

Medication errors cause substantial morbidity and mortality in the United States. However, relatively little is known about medication errors in the outpatient setting. The broad goal of this proposal...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Employed in a physician's office or community pharmacy

Exclusion

  • Not employed in a physician's office or community pharmacy

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2003

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

103 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00256568

Start Date

September 1 2003

End Date

August 1 2008

Last Update

December 15 2011

Active Locations (1)

Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.

Page 1 of 1 (1 locations)

1

University of Vermont, Division of General Internal Medicine

Burlington, Vermont, United States, 05401