Discharge Counseling and Medication Therapy Management (MTM) Services After Discharge for Heart Failure Patients

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-01-31

Study Completion Date

2013-05-31

Brief Summary

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Readmission to a hospital shortly after discharge is a common and costly problem. In the United States patients with a diagnosis of heart failure currently experience an elevated 30 day readmission rate of approximately 20%. By providing patients with medication related counseling at discharge by a pharmacist, home medications at discharge, and seeing the patient again in a pharmacist-run Medication Therapy Management (MTM) clinic 7 days after discharge, the study anticipates achieving its primary goal of showing a reduction in the readmission rate. Secondary goals are: 1) to determine patients understanding of the medication they are taking, 2) to evaluate satisfaction with the comprehensive discharge counseling service, and 3) determine the number of interventions made and benefit of the MTM clinic.

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Detailed Description

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The active arm of this study (medication related hospital discharge counseling by a pharmacist, home medications, and 7 day follow-up visit at a pharmacist run MTM clinic) is available to all subjects. To study the primary goal of reducing the 30 day readmission rate the data obtained from the active arm subjects will be compared to a match group of hospitalized patients that were previously discharged with a diagnosis of heart failure. The data for all secondary study goals will be obtained directly from the active arm subjects.

Conditions

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Heart Failure

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Discharge counseling and MTM follow-up

At the time of hospital discharge the subject will receive:

* Discharge medication counseling from a pharmacist
* Home medication if needed
* Approximately 7 days after hospital discharge the subject have a Follow-up visit at Medication Therapy Management clinic.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Discharge medication counseling from a pharmacist

Intervention Type OTHER

Patient will be educated about proper dosing instructions, potential side effects, and when to recontact the treating physician office.

Home medication if needed

Intervention Type OTHER

Patient will be provided with medication to take home, when needed.

Follow-up visit at Medication Therapy Management clinic

Intervention Type OTHER

This comprehensive Medication Therapy Management clinic follow-up visit is scheduled for 7 days post hospital discharge. The approximately 1 hour visit is scheduled with a pharmacist to review current drug therapy and make recommendations, if needed, to improve medication utilization.

Interventions

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Discharge medication counseling from a pharmacist

Patient will be educated about proper dosing instructions, potential side effects, and when to recontact the treating physician office.

Intervention Type OTHER

Home medication if needed

Patient will be provided with medication to take home, when needed.

Intervention Type OTHER

Follow-up visit at Medication Therapy Management clinic

This comprehensive Medication Therapy Management clinic follow-up visit is scheduled for 7 days post hospital discharge. The approximately 1 hour visit is scheduled with a pharmacist to review current drug therapy and make recommendations, if needed, to improve medication utilization.

Intervention Type OTHER