Status:

WITHDRAWN

MedSafer E-care: an Automated Deprescribing Solution (E-CARE Study)

Lead Sponsor:

McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Collaborating Sponsors:

MED e-care Healthcare Solutions

OMNI Health Care

Conditions:

Polypharmacy

Deprescribing

Eligibility:

All Genders

65+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The investigators will link MedSafer (a Canadian-made electronic tool) with a large multi-national electronic medical record (EMR), MED e-care, through an existing application programming interface (A...

Detailed Description

MedSafer is a Canadian-made electronic tool that automates deprescribing and generates individualized, prioritized deprescribing opportunities for older adults based on existing evidence from algorith...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • All residents of the participating Ontario long term care facilities (OMNI) who are 65 years of age or older and are taking a potentially inappropriate medication (as identified by MedSafer) are eligible for the deprescribing component of this study.

Exclusion

  • If a patient is unable to complete the survey due to a language barrier or cognitive impairment, the research assistant will seek consent from an appropriate proxy. In the event where both the patient and proxy are unable to complete the survey or there was no proxy identified or proxy could not be reached, the patient will be excluded from the survey component of the study. The health care professionals will still have access to their MedSafer file for the purposes of patient care.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 31 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04087109

Start Date

January 1 2021

End Date

January 31 2022

Last Update

November 2 2023

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OMNI homes

Toronto, Ontario, Canada