Electronic Prescribing and Electronic Transmission of Discharge Medication Lists

Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Medication Errors

Treatments: Other: Electronic transmission of medication discharge lists; Other: E-prescribing system

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT00603070

R18HS017029-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is twofold:

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

Enrollment: 130 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Physicians or nurse practitioners with at least 4 clinic sessions per week

Trial design

130 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Description:

All physicians and nurse practitioners at 1 ambulatory care clinics

Treatment:

Other: E-prescribing system

2

Description:

All physicians and nurse practitioners at 1 ambulatory care clinics

Treatment:

Other: Electronic transmission of medication discharge lists