Preventing Medication-Related Problems in Care Transitions to Skilled Nursing Facilities

NAActive, not recruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

5,760

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 2022

Primary Completion Date

July 31, 2024

Study Completion Date

July 31, 2025

Conditions
Care Transition
Interventions
OTHER

Structured hand-off

Use of standardized checklist to provide synchronous or asynchronous handoff that conveys medication recommendations to the SNF clinical teams

OTHER

Medication reconciliation during transitional period

Comprehensive medication reconciliation conducted during transitional period between hospital and SNF, focused on SNF-specific requirements for medication delivery (e.g., stop dates, titration instructions)

OTHER

Transitional medication monitoring

Review of medication orders during first 7 days of SNF admittance to address barriers to translation of medication orders and appropriate medication delivery

OTHER

Teleconsultation

Ad hoc consultation to provide additional clarification to SNF clinical teams

Trial Locations (1)

98105

University of Washington Health System, Seattle

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

FED

lead

University of Washington

OTHER