Leveraging the EHR to Promote Pharmacy Adoption of Dosing Best Practices and Reduce Parent Errors in Administering Pediatric Liquid Medications: A Health Literacy-Informed Approach
Are you eligible to participate in this study?
You may be eligible for this study if you meet the following criteria:
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Conditions: Medication Dosing Errors
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Age: Between 18 - 100 Years
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Gender: Male or Female
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Other Inclusion Criteria:
Caregiver/Child- English or Spanish-speaking
- Parent or legal guardian of a child prescribed a liquid medicine in the NYU Langone Health-Brooklyn or Bellevue ED, general outpatient pediatric clinic, or specialty care clinics
- Child discharged home with a Rx for 1 or more daily liquid medication dose =10mL/2tsp, for use as a chronic or short course (=14 days) medication
- Primary person who will administer child's medications
- Access to a smartphone that can take photos and send/receive text messages
- Willingness and ability to participate
- Works at a pharmacy that dispensed index medicine to one of our study participants
You may not be eligible for this study if the following are true:
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Caregiver/Child
- Does not have a working phone number
- Not able to return for in-person follow-up visit
- Was told to stop medication by provider after doctor/ED visit
- Parent no longer having index medication bottle
- Uncorrected hearing impairment
- Self-reported poor visual acuity
- Staff with no responsibility in determining unit of measure to include on Rx's or type and capacity of the dosing tool to dispense for pediatric oral liquid medications
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