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Study NCT ID: NCT00235027
Status: COMPLETED
Last Update Posted: 2015-07-21
First Post: 2005-10-06

Brief Title: Improving Safety By Computerizing Outpatient Prescribing
Sponsor: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AHRQ
Organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AHRQ

Study Overview

Official Title: Improving Safety By Computerizing Outpatient Prescribing
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2015-07
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: Patient safety is at the forefront of critical issues in health care Medications are the single most frequent cause of adverse events and in the inpatient setting adverse drug events ADEs are common expensive injurious to patients and often preventable Relatively little however is known about the frequency of ADEs in the ambulatory setting how to monitor for outpatient ADEs or on the impact of prevention strategies such as computerization of prescribing supplemented by decision-support
Detailed Description: Specific Aim 1 Increase routine identification of outpatient adverse drug events ADEs through development of a computerized ADE detection monitor

Specific Aim 2 Use basic computerized outpatient prescribing to reduce preventable ADEs in a diverse array of outpatient settings

Specific Aim 3 Use advanced decision-support within computerized prescribing to reduce the frequency of preventable ADEs medication errors and potential ADEs

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: None
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: None