The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of implementing clinical pharmacists in the Emergency Department Team at Randers Regional Hospital. The clinical pharmacists conduct medication history, make medical interaction screenings, -reconciliations and -reviews on unscheduled patients admitted to the Emergency Department during daytime.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
448
pharmacists conduct medication history before the physician interviews the patient and does not spend time on conducting medical history
Randers Regional Hospital
Randers, Region Midt, Denmark
Emergency Department Length of stay
Time frame: From arrival to the Emergency Department to either admission or discharge, which in average will be 6 hours.
Time from patient arrival to the treatment schedule is ready
Time frame: From arrival to the Emergency Department to either admission or discharge, which in average will be 6 hours.
Patient safety
Number of recommended changes in drugs or dosage per patient. The changes are rated according to a PCNE-classification for drug-related problems.
Time frame: From arrival to the Emergency Department to either admission or discharge, which in average will be 6 hours.
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