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Trial reportContemporary clinical trials2016

The electronic medication complete communication (EMC

Stacy Cooper Bailey, Michael K Paasche-Orlow, William G Adams, Samantha A Brokenshire, Laura A Hedlund, Ryan P Hickson, Christine U Oramasionwu, Amy L Moore, Danielle M McCarthy, Laura M Curtis and 2 more

Erratum issuedOpen access · greenAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Contemporary clinical trials, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact, top 84% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Patient and family engagement interventions in primary care patient safety: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Stacy Cooper BaileyDivision of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States. Electronic address: scbailey@unc.edu.
Michael K Paasche-OrlowSection of General Internal Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States.
William G AdamsSection of Pediatrics, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States.
Samantha A BrokenshireDivision of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Laura A Hedlund
Ryan P HicksonDivision of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Christine U OramasionwuDivision of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Amy L Moore
Danielle M McCarthy
Laura M CurtisHealth Literacy and Learning Program, Division of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States.
Mary J KwasnyDeparment of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States.
Michael S WolfHealth Literacy and Learning Program, Division of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USNorthwestern University · USBoston University · US

Funding

Tumor Environment and Metastasis (TEAM) Research ProgramP30CA060553 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI LEONIDAS C. PLATANIAS · 1993 to 2026
$153.9M
Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (NUCATS)UL1TR001422 · NCATS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI D'AQUILA, RICHARD · 2015 to 2023
$56.8M
Testing a Medication Risk Communication and Surveillance Strategy: The EMC2 TrialR01DK103684 · NIDDK · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI BAILEY, STACY C, PAASCHE-ORLOW, MICHAEL · 2015 to 2018
$2.3M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001422NCI NIH HHS P30 CA060553NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK103684
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAdverse drug events (ADEs) affect millions of patients annually and place a significant burden on the healthcare system. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has developed patient safety information for high-risk medications that pose serious public health concerns. However, there are currently few assurances that patients receive this information or are able to identify or respond correctly to ADEs.

objectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of the Electronic Medication Complete Communication (EMC

methodsThe automated EMC

conclusionsThe EMC

Indexed as

Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticePharmaceutical PreparationsAmbulatory CareChicagoElectronic Health RecordsHealth LiteracyHumansMedication AdherencePatient Education as TopicPatient SafetyPharmaceutical PreparationsAdherenceHealth literacyMedication safety

Identifiers

PMID27777127
PMCPMC5108675
OpenAlexW2533762320

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.