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Implementing a Regional Data Exchange Tool to Improve Medication Use and Safety
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating HIE-Enhanced Medication Reconciliation and Optimal Medication Reconciliation without HIE for Drug Toxicity. Completed, enrolled 402 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Medication reconciliation, a process by which a provider obtains and documents a thorough medication history with specific attention to comparing current and previous medication use, can prevent medication-related errors and harm. The aims of this study are: 1) To adapt medication reconciliation to include information from a computerized regional health information exchange (RHIO) in the Bronx, 2) To conduct a trial of the adapted medication reconciliation process and examine effects on medication errors, harm, and hospital costs, and 3) To identify factors that are barriers to adoption of the RHIO tool by James J. Peters (Bronx) VA providers. Findings from this project will provide an understanding of the effect of the RHIO tool on reducing harmful VA and non-VA medication use. It will also provide information on the feasibility of incorporating RHIO tool use into every day work flow for pharmacists and physicians.
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Interventions
Medication reconciliation enhanced by regional health information exchange, implemented by a pharmacist
Medication reconciliation implemented by a pharmacist without regional health information exchange