Professional, structural and organisational interventions in primary care for reducing medication errors

H Khalil, B Bell, H Chambers… - Cochrane Database …, 2017 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Medication‐related adverse events in primary care represent an important
cause of hospital admissions and mortality. Adverse events could result from people …

A systematic review of the outcomes reported in trials of medication review in older patients: the need for a core outcome set

JB Beuscart, LG Pont, S Thevelin… - British journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Medication review has been advocated as one of the measures to tackle the challenge
of polypharmacy in older patients, yet there is no consensus on how best to evaluate its …

Interventions to improve medicines management for people with dementia: a systematic review

M McGrattan, C Ryan, HE Barry, CM Hughes - Drugs & Aging, 2017 - Springer
Background The importance of optimising medicines management for people with dementia
has been emphasised through research and policy. However, evidence is currently lacking …

Repeat prescribing of medications: A system‐centred risk management model for primary care organisations

J Price, SL Man, S Bartlett, K Taylor… - Journal of evaluation …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Rationale, aims and objectives Reducing preventable harm from repeat medication
prescriptions is a patient safety priority worldwide. In the United Kingdom, repeat …

Patient responses to inhaler advice given by community pharmacies: The importance of meaningfulness

S Kaae, KHF Aarup, SK Sporrong - Research in Social and Administrative …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background The value of counseling in community pharmacy depends on its ability to help
patients improve their use of medicine and thereby health status, by their adherence to …

Clinical medication review tool for polypharmacy: Mapping approach for pharmacotherapeutic classifications

F Mizokami, T Mizuno, T Mori… - Geriatrics & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Polypharmacy is an extremely important problem, because it increases the risk of
adverse drug reactions. The aim of the current study was to create a clinical medication …

Physician centric healthcare: is it time for a paradigm shift?

KM Wasan, L Berry, J Kalra - Journal of the Royal Society of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
With the Trump administration discussing how to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ie Obama
care), we thought it was a good time to provide an alternative approach. For the past 150 …

Economic Impact and health outcomes of a community pharmacist-led medication review with follow-up service in elderly patients with polypharmacy

AM Larrea - 2017 - dialnet.unirioja.es
El gasto en salud ha aumentado considerablemente durante los últimos años en los países
occidentales. El envejecimiento de la población es uno de los factores que genera ese …

Prescribing in the elderly

L Webber - InnovAiT, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Prescribing in the elderly is a unique challenge faced by every GP. As the ageing population
grows, more patients are presenting to GPs with an array of co-morbidities. The cumulative …

Internet-Of-Things for Cyber Healthcare (L0t4c): Information Dissemination, systems' Interoperability and security

A Bagula - 2017 - etd.uwc.ac.za
Cyber Healthcare is becoming one of the fastest growing industries in the world due to an
increasing elderly population and a more health conscious word population. On the other …