by Deprescribing.org | Feb 17, 2016 | Deprescribing Research
This qualitative study investigated communication strategies used in deprescribing conversations between primary care physicians and older adults. The study found that providing patients with education about the benefits and harms of their medication before they saw...
by Deprescribing.org | Feb 17, 2016 | Deprescribing Research
The EMPOWER randomized trial – Eliminating Medications Through Patient Ownership of End Results – tested a theory-based tool (the EMPOWER brochure) aimed at empowering older adults to act as drivers of safer prescribing practices. The brochures recommend...
by Deprescribing.org | Feb 17, 2016 | Deprescribing Research
Low blood sugar in older people can cause dizziness and falls, sometimes leading to hospitalization. The Bruyère Research Institute Deprescribing Guidelines Research Team has developed a deprescribing guideline to help health care professionals and elderly patients...
by Deprescribing.org | Feb 17, 2016 | Deprescribing Research
When health care professionals work together, they can help manage polypharmacy better – by helping make medication decisions consistent with a patient’s goals, by contributing expertise that reduces reliance on medications and by making changes to medications...
by Deprescribing.org | Feb 17, 2016 | Deprescribing Research
Talking about deprescribing can be challenging for both patients and their prescribers. Our team worked with two communities in the Ottawa area to determine the best steps for developing a community engagement intervention to help with deprescribing initiatives. This...
