Status:
COMPLETED
Post-Discharge Follow-Up Phone Call by a Pharmacist and Impact on Patient Care
Lead Sponsor:
Boston Medical Center
Conditions:
Readmission, Hospital
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
The purpose is to analyze whether a follow-up telephone call by a pharmacist after patient discharge from the hospital can improve patient outcomes. Patients will be interviewed via telephone within ...
Detailed Description
There is a time between hospital discharge and patient follow-up that has been deemed by many healthcare workers as a "black hole " (1). It is a time during which continuity of care is of utmost impor...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- admission to Internal Medicine Service on the Menino Pavilion, either Firm A or B at Boston Medical Center located in Boston, MA
- age greater than or equal to 18 years
- discharge to home from the inpatient General Medical Service
- English-speaking or lives with English-speaking person
- access to a working phone
Exclusion
- admission to any other service at Boston Medical Center located in Boston, MA besides Internal Medicine Firms A or B
- age less than 18 years
- discharge to site other than home
- non-English-speaking or does not live with an English-speaking person
- no access to a working phone
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
January 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
200 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00332514
Start Date
March 1 2004
End Date
January 1 2008
Last Update
February 23 2016
Active Locations (1)
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Boston Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118