The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of a novel clinical decision support application on the rate of perioperative medication errors and preventable adverse medication events. The investigators hypothesize that the perioperative clinical decision support application will reduce the incidence of perioperative medication errors and adverse medication events compared to the standard of care.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
300
Robust, real-time medication-related clinical decision support application for use in the operating room. The application is fully integrated with existing clinical systems. It provides visual alerts for medication errors and adverse medication events at the point-of-care.
Combined incidence of medication errors and adverse medication events in the perioperative setting
Number of medication errors and adverse medication events / number of medications administered
Time frame: 6 months
Incidence of medication errors the perioperative setting
Number of errors / number of medications administered
Time frame: 6 months
Incidence of adverse medication events in the perioperative setting
Number of adverse medication events / number of medications administered
Time frame: 6 months
Preventability of medication errors and adverse medication events
Four-point Likert scale for preventability: definitely preventable, probably preventable, probably not preventable, and definitely not preventability
Time frame: 6 months
Severity of harm (or potential harm) associated with both medication errors and adverse medication events in the perioperative setting
Four-point Likert scale for severity: Fatal Life-threatening: The event has the potential to cause symptoms that if not treated would put the patient at risk of death. Serious: The event has the potential to cause symptoms that are associated with a serious level of harm that is not high enough to be life-threatening. Significant: The event has the potential to cause symptoms that while harmful to the patient pose little or no threat to the patient's function.
Time frame: 6 months
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