Trial Outcomes & Findings for PictureRx: Improving Medication Safety in Health Disparity Populations (NCT NCT02289469)

NCT ID: NCT02289469

Last Updated: 2017-07-07

Results Overview

Participants for whom nurses made updates or corrections to the medication history in electronic health record

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

NA

Target enrollment

488 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

1 day

Results posted on

2017-07-07

Participant Flow

A total of 250 patients were enrolled into the intervention group. However, only 244 patients could be matched to suitable controls, and 6 were therefore excluded from the analysis of results. Thus the number of patients recruited was 494 (250 intervention + 244 control), but results are presented for 488 (244 intervention + 244 control).

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
PictureRx
Participants in the intervention group interacted with the PictureRx medication history platform on a tablet computer to provide information about their medications and verify their list of prescribed medications
Usual Care
Patients in the usual care group were matched on a 1:1 basis with intervention patients, on the basis of having received care in the same area of the Emergency Department by the same nurse. Their medication information was collected in the usual fashion by interview.
Overall Study
STARTED
250
244
Overall Study
COMPLETED
244
244
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
6
0

Reasons for withdrawal

Reasons for withdrawal
Measure
PictureRx
Participants in the intervention group interacted with the PictureRx medication history platform on a tablet computer to provide information about their medications and verify their list of prescribed medications
Usual Care
Patients in the usual care group were matched on a 1:1 basis with intervention patients, on the basis of having received care in the same area of the Emergency Department by the same nurse. Their medication information was collected in the usual fashion by interview.
Overall Study
Unable to match a control
6
0

Baseline Characteristics

PictureRx: Improving Medication Safety in Health Disparity Populations

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
PictureRx
n=244 Participants
Participants in the intervention group interacted with the PictureRx medication history platform on a tablet computer to provide information about their medications and verify their list of prescribed medications
Usual Care
n=244 Participants
Patients in the usual care group were matched on a 1:1 basis with intervention patients, on the basis of having received care in the same area of the Emergency Department by the same nurse. Their medication information was collected in the usual fashion by interview.
Total
n=488 Participants
Total of all reporting groups
Age, Continuous
41 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 13 • n=5 Participants
41 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 16 • n=7 Participants
41 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 15 • n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
136 Participants
n=5 Participants
113 Participants
n=7 Participants
249 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
108 Participants
n=5 Participants
131 Participants
n=7 Participants
239 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Black or African American
144 Participants
n=5 Participants
151 Participants
n=7 Participants
295 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
White or Caucasian
94 Participants
n=5 Participants
71 Participants
n=7 Participants
165 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Hispanic
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
13 Participants
n=7 Participants
14 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Asian
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
1 Participants
n=7 Participants
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
American Indian or Alaskan Native
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
244 Participants
n=5 Participants
244 Participants
n=7 Participants
488 Participants
n=5 Participants
ESI acuity level
2
32 Participants
n=5 Participants
32 Participants
n=7 Participants
64 Participants
n=5 Participants
ESI acuity level
3
102 Participants
n=5 Participants
102 Participants
n=7 Participants
204 Participants
n=5 Participants
ESI acuity level
4
96 Participants
n=5 Participants
97 Participants
n=7 Participants
193 Participants
n=5 Participants
ESI acuity level
5
14 Participants
n=5 Participants
13 Participants
n=7 Participants
27 Participants
n=5 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 1 day

Participants for whom nurses made updates or corrections to the medication history in electronic health record

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
PictureRx
n=244 Participants
PictureRx medication history platform PictureRx medication history platform: Tablet PC-based tool to take more complete and accurate medication history
Usual Care
n=244 Participants
Usual medication history process
Number of Participants With Changes/Updates in Medication List
101 Participants
43 Participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 1 week

Population: A convenience sample of 50 intervention patients was contacted by phone approximately 1 week after Emergency Department discharge to rate their understanding of their medication regimen.

Assessment of patient understanding of their medication regimen using 4 questions: 1. I understand what medicines I am supposed to take. 2. I understand how much medicine I am supposed to take at a time. 3. I understand what time of day to take each of my medicines. 4. I understand what each of my medicines is for. Participants had the following response options: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree Due to formatting restrictions on this site and the results being nearly identical for each question, only answers to question 1 are reported below.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
PictureRx
n=50 Participants
PictureRx medication history platform PictureRx medication history platform: Tablet PC-based tool to take more complete and accurate medication history
Usual Care
Usual medication history process
Patient Understanding
Strongly Disagree
0 Participants
Patient Understanding
Disagree
0 Participants
Patient Understanding
Neutral
1 Participants
Patient Understanding
Agree
3 Participants
Patient Understanding
Strongly Agree
46 Participants

Adverse Events

PictureRx

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Usual Care

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Dr. Dane Boyington

SAI Interactive

Phone: (423) 521-2309

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place