Clinical Trials Logo
  1. Home
  2. Medication Errors
  3. NCT00256568

Outpatient Prescription Errors: Detection, Analysis, and Impact on Safety

Medication Errors Clinical Trial

Official title:
Outpatient Prescription Errors: Detection, Analysis, and Impact on Safety

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to better understand outpatient prescribing errors through clinic and pharmacy-based error reporting systems.

Clinical Trial Description

Medication errors cause substantial morbidity and mortality in the United States. However, relatively little is known about medication errors in the outpatient setting. The broad goal of this proposal is to improve outpatient safety. Specifically, this research plan promotes the understanding of the causes of outpatient prescription errors. The specific aims of this project are:

1. To develop and evaluate a novel reporting system in physicians' offices for detecting prescription errors

2. To develop and evaluate a novel improvement system in community pharmacies to increase prescription error reporting by pharmacists

3. To analyze reports of outpatient prescription errors and understand their root causes

To achieve these specific aims, statewide research will be conducted utilizing qualitative and quantitative methods including root cause analysis, failure mode and effects analysis, and surveys. This research plan will promote patient safety by furthering the understanding of the causes of outpatient prescription errors in all outpatient populations, including rural, women, children, elderly, low income, and the chronically ill. ;

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Clinical Trial Details
NCT number NCT00256568
Study type Observational
Source University of Vermont
Contact
Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date September 2003
Completion date August 2008
View Details
See also
  Status Clinical Trial Phase
Completed NCT03921346 - Reducing Prehospital Medication Errors & Time to Drug Delivery by EMS During Simulated Pediatric CPR N/A
Completed NCT00773500 - Impact of Vendor Systems on Ambulatory Medication Safety N/A
Completed NCT00225576 - Statewide Implementation of Electronic Health Records Phase 2
Recruiting NCT05784194 - Correct Medication List at and After Hospital Discharge N/A
Completed NCT00773942 - Design & Evaluation of a Medication Therapy Management Program to Improve Patient Safety in Medicare Beneficiaries N/A
Completed NCT01834924 - Improving Communication of Medication Instructions to Parents N/A
Completed NCT03541421 - Self-administration of Patients Own Drugs During Hospital Stay N/A
Completed NCT00603070 - Electronic Prescribing and Electronic Transmission of Discharge Medication Lists N/A
Completed NCT00134823 - Improving Pediatric Safety and Quality With Health Care Information Technology N/A
Completed NCT00287274 - Impact of Computerized Physician Order Entry on Medication Prescription Errors in the Intensive Care Unit: a Controlled Cross-Sectional Trial. N/A
Completed NCT04586595 - A Randomised Pilot Study of the REVISiT Intervention N/A
Completed NCT00225563 - Taconic Health Information Network and Community (THINC) N/A
Completed NCT00537433 - Improving Parental Understanding of Medication Instructions Through a Pictogram-Based Intervention Phase 1
Not yet recruiting NCT01734642 - Observational Study to Reduce Medication Errors N/A
Recruiting NCT00560001 - MD.2 Medication Dispenser Medication Adherence Study Phase 3
Terminated NCT01294501 - Decreasing Medication Errors by Caregivers Using a Health Literacy Intervention N/A
Not yet recruiting NCT00845494 - Efficacy of a Behavioral Based Education Intervention to Decrease Medication History Errors Among Professional Nurses. Phase 0
Withdrawn NCT00153205 - Serious Medication Errors in Pediatrics: Evaluation of Prevention Strategies N/A
Enrolling by invitation NCT05381441 - Safety Action Feedback and Engagement (SAFE) Loop N/A
Recruiting NCT04766619 - Process Evaluation of OptimiseRx and PINCER