A randomized, controlled pragmatic trial of telephonic medication therapy management to reduce hospitalization in home health patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness of a telephonic medication therapy management (MTM) service on reducing hospitalizations among home health patients.

Setting

Forty randomly selected, geographically diverse home health care centers in the United States.

Design

Two-stage, randomized, controlled trial with 60-day follow-up. All Medicare- insured home health care patients were eligible to participate. Twenty-eight consecutive patients within each care center were recruited and randomized to usual care or MTM intervention. The MTM intervention consisted of the following: (1) initial phone call by a pharmacy technician to verify active medications; (2) pharmacist-provided medication regimen review by telephone; and (3) follow-up pharmacist phone calls at day seven an

SUBMITTER: Zillich AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4177456 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature