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ArticleJMIR research protocols2025

Co-Designing a Consumer-Focused Digital Reporting Health Platform to Improve Adverse Medicine Event Reporting: Protocol for a Multimethod Research Project (the ReMedi Project).

Eyob Alemayehu Gebreyohannes, Christopher Thornton, Myra Thiessen, Sieta T de Vries, Andre Q Andrade, Lisa Kalisch Ellett, Oliver Frank, Phaik Yeong Cheah, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, Tracey Lea Laba and 4 more

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Eyob Alemayehu GebreyohannesQuality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0075-4553
Christopher ThorntonUniSA Creative, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8032-3691
Myra ThiessenMonash Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2887-2129
Sieta T de VriesDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-6090-2434
Andre Q AndradeQuality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6587-3169
Lisa Kalisch EllettUniSA Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5063-6128
Oliver FrankDiscipline of General Practice, Adelaide Medical School, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9028-1835
Phaik Yeong CheahCentre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6327-3266
Kim-Kwang Raymond ChooUniSA Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9208-5336
Tracey Lea LabaUniSA Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5182-9092
Elizabeth E RougheadQuality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6811-8991
Indae HwangMonash Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0429-7716
Geraldine MosesSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2229-6573
Renly LimQuality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4135-2523

Funding

National Health and Medical Research Council 1196900National Health and Medical Research Council APP2020626Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 220221/Z/20/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAdverse medicine events (AMEs) are unintended effects that occur following administration of medicines. Up to 70% of AMEs are not reported to, and hence remain undetected by, health care professionals and only 6% of AMEs are reported to regulators. Increased reporting by consumers, health care professionals, and pharmaceutical companies to medicine regulatory authorities is needed to increase the safety of medicines.

objectiveWe describe a project that aims to co-design a digital reporting platform to improve detection and management of AMEs by consumers and health care professionals and improve reporting to regulators.

methodsThe project will be conducted in 3 phases and uses a co-design methodology that prioritizes equity in designing with stakeholders. Our project is guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. In phase 1, we will engage with 3 stakeholder groups-consumers, health care professionals, and regulators-to define digital platform development standards. We will conduct a series of individual interviews, focus group discussions, and co-design workshops with the stakeholder groups. In phase 2, we will work with a software developer and user interaction design experts to prototype, test, and develop the digital reporting platform based on findings from phase 1. In phase 3, we will implement and trial the digital reporting platform in South Australia through general practices and pharmacies. Consumers who have recently started using medicines new to them will be recruited to use the digital reporting platform to report any apparent, suspected, or possible AMEs since starting the new medicine. Process and outcome evaluations will be conducted to assess the implementation process and to determine whether the new platform has increased AME detection and reporting.

resultsThis project, initiated in 2023, will run until 2026. Phase 1 will result in persona profiles and user journey maps that define the standards for the user-friendly platform and interactive data visualization tool or dashboard that will be developed and further improved in phase 2. Finally, phase 3 will provide insights of the implemented platform regarding its impact on AME detection, management, and reporting. Findings will be published progressively as we complete the different phases of the project.

conclusionsThis project adopts a co-design methodology to develop a new digital reporting platform for AME detection and reporting, considering the perspectives and lived experience of stakeholders and addressing their requirements throughout the entire process. The overarching goal of the project is to leverage the potential of both consumers and technology to address the existing challenges of underdetection and underreporting of AMEs to health care professionals and regulators. The project potentially will improve individual patient safety and generate new data for regulatory purposes related to medicine safety and effectiveness. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/60084.

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Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting SystemsDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsFocus GroupsHealth PersonnelHumansResearch DesignStakeholder Participationadverse drug eventsadverse drug reaction reporting systemsco-designdigital healthdrug-related side effects and adverse reactionsmedication safetypharmacovigilancequalitative research, user-centered design

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PMID39813668
PMCPMC11780280

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