RCT: The Effect of an Electronic Clinical Decision Support Application on Perioperative Medication Errors.

Karen C. Nanji,M.D.,M.P.H.

Status: Begins enrollment in 10 months

Conditions: Perioperative Medication Errors; Perioperative Adverse Medication Events

Treatments: Other: Electronic Clinical Decision Support Application

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04342013

K08HS024764

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of a novel clinical decision support application on the rate of perioperative medication errors and preventable adverse medication events. The investigators hypothesize that the perioperative clinical decision support application will reduce the incidence of perioperative medication errors and adverse medication events compared to the standard of care.

Enrollment: 300 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Anesthesia clinician (anesthesiologists, certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), student nurse anesthetists, fellows and residents) at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Exclusion criteria

• Study staff

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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300 participants in 2 patient groups

Perioperative Clinical Decision Support Application

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be observed performing clinical tasks and documenting medication administrations with use of the clinical decision support application in the perioperative setting.

Treatment:

Other: Electronic Clinical Decision Support Application

No Perioperative Clinical Decision Support Application

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants will be observed performing clinical tasks and documenting medication administrations without use of the clinical decision support application in the perioperative setting.