New digital tool aims to cut medical errors during hospital transfers
NCT ID NCT05443321
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new digital platform that helps doctors and nurses share important patient information when a person is moved from one hospital to another. About 1,000 adults being transferred to a major hospital will take part. The goal is to see if better information sharing reduces medical mistakes and improves patient safety.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 1,006 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2022
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Age greater than or equal to 18 years old * Transferred from one of the 3 included transferring hospitals (Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, South Shore Hospital, Milford Regional Medical Center) * Admitted to the general medical, cardiology, oncology, and/or ICU services at Brigham and Women's Hospital Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 18 years old * Transferred from a different acute care hospital than the 3 included hospitals * Admitted through the ER * Direct admission from home/clinic * Admitted to a service other than general medicine, cardiology, oncology or ICU at Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Brigham & Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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