Clinical Pharmacists in the Emergency Department

Is Length of Stay in the Emergency Department Reduced When Clinical Pharmacists Conduct Medication History? - a Cluster Randomized Study

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.

Inclusion Criteria:

• unscheduled patients admitted to the Emergency Department at Randers Regional Hospital at weekdays during daytime (9 am to 16.15 pm)
• 4 or more drugs prescribed

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients triage red
• patients who cannot give informed consent
• terminal patients
• patients admitted to detoxification
• patients refered to the acute outpatient department
• patients remaining in the Emergency Department overnight