In the News
More is not always better: More drugs mean seniors more likely to land in hospital, says study
October 11, 2016 - Cara Tannenbaum discusses deprescribing and the Canadian Deprescribing Network (CaDeN) in this article in The National Post (Oct 12, 2016) and the Montreal Gazette.
CaDeN on CBC News
May 22, 2016 - Alan Cassels talks about the CaDeN's work in tackling the high use of prescription drugs among seniors in a CBC News article.
Deprescribing guidelines team hosts IHI and Commonwealth Fund
April 14, 2016 - Drs. Barbara Farrell and James Conklin host members of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and Commonwealth Fund Innovators’ Network to learn about scalability of Deprescribing guidelines in the US.
Barbara Farrell speaks about deprescribing on CBC – the Current.
March 8, 2016 - Dr. Barbara Farrell is part of a discussion about overmedication in Canadian seniors on The Current on CBC Radio.
Ottawa Citizen highlights deprescribing as a ‘fix’
February 27, 2016 - Dr. Barbara Farrell gives an overview of CaDeN in the Ottawa Citizen, reviews some of the challenges with deprescribing and describes Dr. Cara Tannenbaum’s CIHR research on deprescribing conversations.