NCT02047448

Improving Medication Adherence Through a Transitional Care Pharmacy Practice Model

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2 / Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 180 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wilkes University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this pilot study is to determine if medication adherence is improved by a transitional care pharmacy practice model designed to integrate hospital and community pharmacists in the care and education of patients with heart failure or COPD who are discharged from a community hospital to home. The hospital and community pharmacists will collaborate with each other, the patient, and other practitioners including the primary care physician, nurse, and case manager to prevent and correct medication-related problems and attempt to improve patient outcomes especially during the error-prone transition from hospital to home.

Conditions

• Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
• Heart Failure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Pharmacist Counseling	The hospital pharmacist will meet with the patient and complete medication reconciliation, assess the patient's understanding of the medications, and identify medication-related problems. The hospital pharmacist will complete a pharmacist discharge care plan and a copy will be sent to the participating community pharmacist. The patients will be scheduled for the first meeting with their community pharmacist within 1 week of hospital discharge. The community pharmacist will interview the patient about their general health and any current symptoms of heart failure or COPD, identify any additional medication-related problems, follow-up on any issues as described in the pharmacist discharge care plan, and provide patient education. The patients will then meet with their community pharmacist for counseling and patient education at monthly intervals for 6 months following hospital discharge.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-01-01
• Primary completion: 2017-04-28
• Completion: 2017-04-28
• First posted: 2014-01-28
• Last updated: 2017-05-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States