Post-Discharge Follow-Up Phone Call by a Pharmacist and Impact on Patient Care
Abstract
The purpose is to analyze whether a follow-up telephone call by a pharmacist after patient discharge from the hospital can improve patient outcomes.
Patients will be interviewed via telephone within 72 hours of being discharged home from the hospital. Patients will be questioned on three main topics. They are:
1. Medical care
2. Medications
3. Follow-up appointments
The purpose is to find out if people understand discharge medications, have obtained those medications, are having any problems with their medications and have scheduled necessary follow-up appointments. It will be determined if a telephone call by a pharmacist will prevent patients from needing to go to the Emergency Room or being admitted back to the hospital.
Conditions: Readmission, Hospital.
Primary outcome: The primary endpoint of this study is a reduction in the number of hospital readmissions (any cause) during the 30-day post-discharge period..
Enrollment: 200 participants.
How strong is the evidence?
Evidence Hub reads this as a clinical trial, done in people. Its evidence level is 3 of 5 (Moderate · trial / cohort / secondary analysis). Trials without a large randomized design, cohorts and secondary analyses give moderate evidence. Reported size: 200 participants or records.
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