A stepped wedge trial of efficacy and scalability of a virtual clinical pharmacy service (VCPS) in rural and remote NSW health facilities

Table 1 Measures and routinely collected data source for VCPS evaluation

Outcome Measure	Data Source	Level of Data
% medication reconciliation on admission	eMR Report EM002	Facility
% medication reconciliation on discharge	eMR Report EM002	Facility
VTE Prophylaxis rates	Audit Office report	Facility
Antimicrobial usage	iPharmacy Dispensing Software	Facility
% medication list on discharge	Custom eMR report	Patient
28 day readmission	HIU report	Facility
28 day readmission Aboriginal patients	HIU report	Facility
Length of stay	HIU report	Facility
Length of stay Aboriginal patients	HIU report	Facility
Falls	HIU report	Facility
Detection of preventable medication errors	HIU report	Facility
Economic analysis (cost effectiveness) & scalability	HIU reports	Facility
Process Measure	Data Source	Level of Data
Number of medication reconciliation completed	eMR report EM002	Facility
Number of medication lists on discharge	Custom eMR report	Patient
Number of referrals/ number of referrals completed	eMR report PC011	Patient
Pharmacist Interventions	eMR DA2 Clinical Pharmacy Interventions	Patient
Time taken to undertake interventions	eMR DA2 Clinical Pharmacy Interventions	Patient
Time taken to provide education	eMR DA2 Clinical Pharmacy Interventions	Patient
Number of consultations	eMR report PC011	Patient
Uptake of pharmacy recommendations	eMR DA2 Clinical Pharmacy Interventions	Patient
Number of pharmacist AMS reviews	eMR report PC011/ eMR Report EM008	Patient

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