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Medication reconciliation using an e-health tool

Medication reconciliation using an e-health tool; a non-inferiority study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON26560
Enrollment
1311
Registered
2018-07-12
Start date
2018-07-23
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-02-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Medication reconciliation E-health Medicatieverificatie

Interventions

Medication reconciliation using an e-health application to confirm current medication use

Sponsors

Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Patient has an appointment at the preoperative screening - Patient uses one or more medications - Patient gives informed consent to use data form the patients file anonymously - Patient is able to use an e-health application to perform medication reconciliation (has a computer or tablet)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients who are not able to communicate in Dutch are excluded for this is necessary to fill in the E-Health application.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The mean number of medication changes compared to the LSP medication overview that is corrected trough medication reconciliation in the group using the e-health medication reconciliation compared to the usual care group.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
- The time investment per patient by a pharmacy technician to be able to calculate if the new method is more time efficient. - For the patient group that was randomized to the e-health medication reconciliation (eMR) result of the MR will be compared to the result of the eMR. This is a secondary endpoint to be able to optimize the eMR. -The following patient characteristics are collected to evaluate the differences in different patients in the effectiveness of the e-health medication reconciliation. Age, gender, medical specialty and comorbidities, and computer experience. - Patient satisfaction about the eMR and regular MR is evaluated to assess if the eMR is easy to understand and acceptable to perform and to evaluate if patients prefer eMR above MR.

Contacts

Public ContactM.M. Ebbens
marieke.ebbens@gmail.com,0715299828

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)