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| Name | Class |
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| Aarhus University Hospital | OTHER |
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of implementing clinical pharmacists in the Emergency Department Team at Randers Regional Hospital. The clinical pharmacists conduct medication history, make medical interaction screenings, -reconciliations and -reviews on unscheduled patients admitted to the Emergency Department during daytime.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Experimental | Clinical pharmacists conduct medication history |
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| Control | No Intervention | standard procedures for admission is followed |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical pharmacists conduct medication history | Procedure | pharmacists conduct medication history before the physician interviews the patient and does not spend time on conducting medical history |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Department Length of stay | From arrival to the Emergency Department to either admission or discharge, which in average will be 6 hours. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Time from patient arrival to the treatment schedule is ready | From arrival to the Emergency Department to either admission or discharge, which in average will be 6 hours. | |
| Patient safety | Number of recommended changes in drugs or dosage per patient. The changes are rated according to a PCNE-classification for drug-related problems. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| The impact of the intervention in the Emergency Department on the existing medication review by clinical pharmacist at the acute ward | We estimate whether the intervention is time-saving (by recording and comparing time spent for secondary/excisting medication review at the acute ward between patients allocated to the intervention and control group, respectively) and reduce the workload of the clinicians (number and kind of interventions at secondary medication review in the two groups) |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Randers Regional Hospital | Randers | Region Midt | 8900 | Denmark |
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| ID | Term |
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| D004630 | Emergencies |
| ID | Term |
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| D020969 | Disease Attributes |
| D010335 | Pathologic Processes |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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| From arrival to the Emergency Department to either admission or discharge, which in average will be 6 hours. |
| 1-3 days after admission to Emergency Department when the secondary medication review takes place |
| The impact of the intervention in the Emergency Department on the dispensing of medicine (done by nurses) | time used and the possibility of substitutions | During actual admission to the Emergency Department and the period after inclusion of patients |