MEDUCATE trial: effectiveness of an intensive EDUCATional intervention for IT-mediated MEDication management in the outpatient clinic – study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

1 Department of Internal Medicine and Centre for Research and Development of Education, University Medical Centre Utrecht, the Netherlands, Hijmans van den Berghgebouw kamer 4.21, Huispostnummer HB 4.05, Postbus 85500, Utrecht, 3508, GA, The Netherlands

2 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht, 3584, CX, The Netherlands

3 Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3508, TB, The Netherlands

4 Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

5 Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Roosevelt Hall, 923 Main Street, Buffalo 14203, NY, USA

6 Department of Health Technology Assessment, Julius Center, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

7 Faculty of Medicine, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 98, Utrecht, 3584, CG, The Netherlands

8 Department of Quality and Patient Safety, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands