NCT06383364

The Effect of a Medication Coordinator on the Quality of Patients Medication Treatment

The Effect of a Medication Coordinator on the Quality of Patients Medication Treatment (MEDCOOR) - Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Enrolling By Invitation
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 140 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Southern Denmark · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To examine the effect of a Medication Coordinator, who facilitates medication reviews in close collaboration with patients using My Medication Plan to reduce the risk of post-hospital inappropriate medication usage.

Detailed description

Patients' safety can be compromised in the transition of care between healthcare sectors. Optimal information flow across healthcare sectors and individualized medication treatment tailored to each patient is key to prevent adverse events and optimize patient treatment. Particularly, the inclusion of the general practitioner is important in this process; it could become a challenge to keep medication changes if this communication link is missing. The framework for complex intervention allows flexibility and adaption in meeting patients' needs by implementing tailored, possibly complex interventions in different healthcare settings. To examine the effect of a Medication Coordinator, who facilitates medication reviews in close collaboration with patients using My Medication Plan. The primary outcome is the proportion of potentially inappropriate medications. Secondary outcomes include patient-reported outcomes i.e., quality of life and medication burden. Additional outcomes include the patient's individual Medication Risk Score, if the patients are readmitted, and if the patients have contacted the staff at the hospital unit after the hospital discharge.

Conditions

• Medication Review
• Polypharmacy
• Potentially Inappropriate Medication
• Quality of Life
• Medication Therapy Management

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Medication Coordinator	The Medication Coordinator calls the patient app seven days after discharge in the transition of care from hospital to home

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-06-01
• Primary completion: 2026-03-01
• Completion: 2026-03-01
• First posted: 2024-04-25
• Last updated: 2025-07-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark