Medication reconciliation upon discharge from the emergency department
Conditions
Interventions
Pharmacist-Initiated Discharge Medication Reconciliation and Patient Counseling Procedures
Patients were randomly assigned to either the control group or the intervention group with a 1:1 allocation, by block randomization using a block size of 4. Patients in the control group received th
Medication Reconciliation, Counseling, Pharmacist
Sponsors
None
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 100 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Participants were eligible if they met the following inclusion criteria: adult patients (=18 years old) who were discharged from the ED with at least one newly prescribed discharge medication.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Key exclusion criteria consisted of patients who were admitted from ED to LAUMCRH as inpatients, transferred to another hospital, or did not provide consent to participate in the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Name: the number of unintended medication discrepancies identified by the pharmacy resident categorized as: omission, commission, different dose/route/frequency, or different medication ordered. ;Timepoints: at day 30 post discharge;Measure: the number of unintended medication discrepancies identified by the pharmacy resident categorized as: omission, commission, different dose/route/frequency, or different medication ordered as analyzed by the pharmacy resident. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Name: the composite endpoint of hospital readmission, ED visits, and physician contact;Timepoints: at 30 days post-discharge;Measure: Number of hospital readmission, ED visits, and physician contact as reported by the patient | — |
Countries
Lebanon
Contacts
Public ContactElsy Ramia
Lebanese American University
Outcome results
None listed