Background: Many seriously ill and frail inpatients receive potentially inappropriate or
harmful medications and do not receive medications for symptoms of advanced illness. We …

Purpose To date, how medication reconciliation (MR) could be prioritized in younger
patients remains poorly evaluated. This study aimed at assessing whether a MR …

OBJECTIVES Polypharmacy is common, costly, and harmful for hospitalized older adults.
Scalable strategies to reduce the burden of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are …

Background Medication discrepancies in care transitions and medication non-adherence
are problematic. Few interventions consider the entire process, from the hospital to the …

Background Residents of aged care facilities use increasingly complex medication
regimens. Reducing unnecessary medication regimen complexity (eg, by consolidating the …

Study Objective To test the feasibility and effectiveness of an individualized Medication
Assessment and Planning (iMAP) program integrated within a primary care practice on the …

BACKGROUND: Medication is one of the most important interventions for improving the
health of older adults, yet it has great potential for causing harm. Clinical pharmacists are …

METHODS A cross-sectional observational study was conducted in 243 elderly patients
admitted to the Geriatric Medicine service in a Singapore tertiary hospital over one month …

Background More older people are living in the community with multiple diagnoses and
medications. Managing multiple medications produces issues of unrivalled complexity for …

Background Medication related clinical decision support (CDS) interventions may improve
patient safety. In older patient populations, there has been effort placed in reducing …