The purpose of this study is twofold: 1. to measure the effects of transitioning from one electronic prescribing system to another in the ambulatory setting on medication errors and human-computer interactions 2. to evaluate the impact of electronic transmission of discharge medication lists to the ambulatory setting on medication discrepancies and adverse drug events
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
130
Transition from home-grown to vendor-based ambulatory e-prescribing systems
Patient discharge medication lists will be transmitted upon discharge from their inpatient medical record to their outpatient medical record and their outpatient provider will be notified of this transmission.
Weill Cornell Internal Medicine Associates
New York, New York, United States
Prescription medication errors
Time frame: 2 weeks prior, 3 months, 1 year after intervention and 2 years after intervention
Medication discrepancies (as detected on a comparison between inpatient and outpatient medical records)
Time frame: 30 days after patient is discharged from hospital
Patient adverse drug events (as determined by patient telephone interview and medical record review)
Time frame: 30 days after patient hospital discharge
Human-Computer interactions as measured by physician interview and direct observation of physician work
Time frame: 3 months after intervention
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