Mestres Gonzalvo 2017.
Trial name or title | Supporting Clinical Rules Engine in the Adjustment of Medication (SCREAM) |
Methods | Cluster‐RCT of nursing homes in the Netherlands |
Participants | Nursing home residents |
Interventions | Intervention group: clinical decision support system will be used to screen medication lists, laboratory values and medical history in order to obtain potential clinically relevant remarks. The remarks will be sent to the main physician and feedback will be provided whether the advice was followed or not. Control group: regular care. |
Outcomes | Hospital referrals, delirium, falls, and deaths |
Starting date | June 2013 |
Contact information | Carlota Mestres Gonzalvo; c.mestresgonzalvo@zuyderland.nl |
Notes | The complete SCREEN project (Supporting clinical rules in the evaluation of elderly patients with neuropsychiatric disorders), which includes the SCREAM study, is supported by a grant from the ZonMw (the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development) (Grant number: 113101001). |