Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Code:

NCT00277173

Conditions

Cardiovascular Diseases

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 65+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Adoption of Crew Resource Management approach

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a CRM (adapted Crew Resource Management approach proven successful in aviation as well as some inpatient medical settings) intervention is effective for reducing medication errors among older adults in primary care settings.

Conditions

Cardiovascular Diseases

Study ID

NCT00277173

Start date

Jan, 2006

Status verified date

Jan, 2006

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 65+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Practice Inclusion Criteria:

  • Practice must located in Health Professional Shortage Area or Physician Scarcity Area.
  • Practice must be a member of the Western New York Practice-Based Research Network

Practice Exclusion Criteria:

  • None

Patient Inclusion Criteria (for chart review):

  • Aged >64
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Seen at the practice within the past year

Patient Exclusion Criteria (for chart review):

  • None

Study Design

Enrollment

4800 participants

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Educational/Counseling/Training

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Interventions

Adoption of Crew Resource Management approach

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in number of total and preventable ADEs. [ Time Frame: undefined ]
  • Change in culture of safety [ Time Frame: undefined ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Gurdev Singh, MScEng. PhD.

716 898 5640gsingh4@buffalo.edu

Ranjit Singh, MD MBA

716 898 5517rs10@buffalo.edu

Locations

Family Medicine Research Institute

Recruiting

Buffalo, New York, United States, 14215

More Information

Sponsor

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Last update posted

Jan 16, 2006

Last verified

Jan, 2006

Keywords

  • Medication Safety
  • Adverse Drug Events
  • Preventable Adverse Drug Events
  • Culture of Safety
  • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
  • Teambuilding

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) on 2006-01-16.