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NCT Number: NCT00225563

Taconic Health Information Network and Community (THINC)

The Taconic IPA, a 2,500 physician independent practice association (IPA) located in Fishkill, New York (NY), is involved in an information technology project to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of healthcare in the region. Over the past three years, the organization has worked with area hospitals and laboratories to create a community wide electronic data exchange. Currently, the Taconic IPA is in the midst of implementing a full electronic health record in some practices and e-prescribing in other practices. The purpose is to study the impact of an electronic health record on safety and quality measures.

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Key information

Conditions

Medication Errors

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Taconic IPA

Fishkill, New York, 12524, United States

About this study

We propose to measure differences in patient safety and quality measures among three groups: the control group consisting of physicians with paper-based office practices, a group of physicians using the clinical messaging system and electronic prescribing, and a group of physicians using the EMR and electronic prescribing.

We plan to introduce a vendor based electronic prescribing system by July 2005. This system will be offered to all physicians using clinical messaging and will be integrated with the EMR system. The system will have clinical decision support, such as checks for drug-drug interactions.

Our evaluation will measure differences in rates of medication errors and quality measures amongst these three groups. We will use a study design of a pre-post evaluation with a comparison control group. We will detect medical errors by prescription and chart review. We will determine compliance with quality measures through a combination of electronic data and chart review.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Physicians' prescriptions and medical records in office practices enrolled in the study

Exclusion criteria

  • Other physicians not enrolled in the study

Treatment and study plan

Electronic Health Record

Device

e-prescribing methods

Primary outcomes

  1. Medication errors

    Time frame: 2007-2012

  2. Near misses

    Time frame: 2007-2012

  3. Adverse drug events

    Time frame: 2007-2012

  4. Quality measures

    Time frame: 2007-2012

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Transforming Healthcare Quality Through I.T.

Important dates

Study start
2007
Primary completion
2012
Study completion
2014
First posted
Sep 26, 2005
Registry last updated
Nov 25, 2019

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