Healthcare
Conditions
Keywords
health care expenditure, drug drug interactions, electronic decision support systems, Potential reduction
Brief summary
Leumit Health Services, an health maintenance organization operating in Israel, will incorporate a web-based, decision support system for handling drug-drug interactions and drug information, termed DDI+. the investigators hypothesize that implementing such a system will reduce health-care expenditures (e.g., hospital admissions, referrals to ERs, Imaging procedures).
Interventions
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Number of chronic concomitant drugs ≥5
Exclusion criteria
* Patients diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, and/or viral hepatitis B or C.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Hospital Admissions | up to 12 months post initiation |
Countries
Israel