NCT00773500

Impact of Vendor Systems on Ambulatory Medication Safety

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Our objective is to determine the effects of electronic prescribing on medication safety including medication errors, near misses and preventable adverse drug events in the ambulatory setting. Study design will be a longitudinal evaluation of errors early after implementation and after sustained use.

Detailed description

We will compare the effects of different vendor-based electronic prescribing systems on ambulatory medication safety in various settings, including rural and underserved areas and determine the effects of electronic prescribing systems on ambulatory medication safety over time.

Conditions

• Medication Errors

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Electronic prescribing	Implementation of a commercially available electronic prescribing system with clinical decision support

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-09-01
• Primary completion: 2011-07-01
• Completion: 2011-10-01
• First posted: 2008-10-16
• Last updated: 2012-02-28

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States