Reducing 30-day Readmissions in Patients With Heart Failure Through Pharmacist Discharge Medication Services

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Patient Readmission; Heart Failure

Treatments: Other: Pharmacist discharge medication services

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02752997

15-008286

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients admitted for heart failure that are provided discharge medication services by a pharmacist are less likely to be readmitted within 30 days of primary admission.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of heart failure, discharged from any medical service

Exclusion criteria

• Unwilling to participate, discharged to nursing/rehab facility, non-English speaking, resident unavailable

Trial design

24 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Discharge medication services included: * Discharge medication reconciliation * Identification of medication discrepancies and resolution * Medication counseling using health coaching techniques with short term goal setting and follow up phone call

Treatment:

Other: Pharmacist discharge medication services

Comparator

No Intervention group

Description:

Current standard of care provided by nursing staff.