Medical Audit
Conditions
Brief summary
This is a study to compare patient knowledge about the indications of their medications between two sites. Regions Hospital has a population of patients that receive the medication indication on the label for any new or changed medications at the time of patient discharge. Brigham Women's Health follows a standard policy of discharge medication labels including the name of the medication and instructions for use without any indication of what the medication is intended to treat. Consented patient will receive a phone call where researchers will ask about which medications they are taking and other questions about those medications. The study population will be patients recently discharged from the hospital with 1 or more new or changed medications
Interventions
OTHERMedication knowledge
Participants will be asked questions over the phone about their medications
Sponsors
HealthPartners Institute
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Hospital Medicine (HM) inpatient being discharged to home 2. Patient being discharged with ≥ 1 new or changed medications 3. English speaker
Exclusion criteria
1. Inpatient being discharged to nursing home or TCU facility 2. Patient being discharged with no new or changed medications 3. Non-English speaker
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Medication Knowledge Questionnaire | up to 5 days | Scripted questionnaire administered on patients knowledge of their medication indications who received new, changed, or continued medications at discharge via phone call. Questions are focused on understand of relationship of the medication and what symptom or disease it is teaching. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed