Electronic Prescribing and Electronic Transmission of Discharge Medication Lists
NCT ID: NCT00603070
Last Updated: 2012-02-20
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
130 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2008-03-31
2011-03-31
Brief Summary
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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
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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COHORT
PROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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1
All physicians and nurse practitioners at 1 ambulatory care clinics
E-prescribing system
Transition from home-grown to vendor-based ambulatory e-prescribing systems
2
All physicians and nurse practitioners at 1 ambulatory care clinics
Electronic transmission of medication discharge lists
Patient discharge medication lists will be transmitted upon discharge from their inpatient medical record to their outpatient medical record and their outpatient provider will be notified of this transmission.
Interventions
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E-prescribing system
Transition from home-grown to vendor-based ambulatory e-prescribing systems
Electronic transmission of medication discharge lists
Patient discharge medication lists will be transmitted upon discharge from their inpatient medical record to their outpatient medical record and their outpatient provider will be notified of this transmission.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
FED
New York Presbyterian Hospital
OTHER
Columbia University
OTHER
Oregon Health and Science University
OTHER
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Rainu Kaushal, MD, MPH
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Locations
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Weill Cornell Internal Medicine Associates
New York, New York, United States
Countries
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References
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Abramson EL, Malhotra S, Osorio SN, Edwards A, Cheriff A, Cole C, Kaushal R. A long-term follow-up evaluation of electronic health record prescribing safety. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2013 Jun;20(e1):e52-8. doi: 10.1136/amiajnl-2012-001328. Epub 2013 Apr 11.
Abramson EL, Patel V, Malhotra S, Pfoh ER, Nena Osorio S, Cheriff A, Cole CL, Bunce A, Ash J, Kaushal R. Physician experiences transitioning between an older versus newer electronic health record for electronic prescribing. Int J Med Inform. 2012 Aug;81(8):539-48. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.02.010. Epub 2012 Mar 30.
Abramson EL, Malhotra S, Fischer K, Edwards A, Pfoh ER, Osorio SN, Cheriff A, Kaushal R. Transitioning between electronic health records: effects on ambulatory prescribing safety. J Gen Intern Med. 2011 Aug;26(8):868-74. doi: 10.1007/s11606-011-1703-z. Epub 2011 Apr 16.
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