Protocol for the PINCER trial: a cluster randomised trial comparing the effectiveness of a pharmacist-led IT-based intervention with simple feedback in reducing rates of clinically important errors in medicines management in general practices.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medication errors are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in primary care. The aims of this study are to determine the effectiveness, cost effectiveness and acceptability of a pharmacist-led information-technology-based complex intervention compared with simple feedback in reducing proportions of patients at risk from potentially hazardous prescribing and medicines management in general (family) practice.

Methods

RESEARCH SUBJECT GROUP: "At-risk" patients registered with computerised general practices in two geographical regions in England.

Design

Parallel group pragmatic cluster randomised trial.

Interventions

Practices will be randomised to either: (i) Computer-generated feedback; or (ii) Pharmacist-led intervention comprising of computer

SUBMITTER: Avery AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2685134 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature