“Reducing unnecessary or inappropriate interventions and aligning the care we provide with patient priorities are at the core of my research agenda.”
-- #DrNancySchoenborn Johns Hopkins Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology

Read her #USDeNpeople interview:
deprescribingresearch.org/nancy-li-schoe…

#Deprescribing #OlderAdults

⏰Pls join us in 3⃣ weeks on May 15 for our annual meeting in Boston, which will be held in tandem w/@societyGIM.

Open to all who are conducting or care about #research on #deprescribing #medications among #olderadults , register here:
deprescribingresearch.org/network-activi…

Training and supporting subspecialty clinician–scientists in aging research through GEMSSTAR and Clin-STAR. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

Apply now for Clin-STAR Coordinating Center Aging Research Development and Training Awards! These awards support activities that prepare early-career researchers for careers in aging-related research. LOIs are due 5/1: bit.ly/49sUiOI

Check out our new paper in BMC Geriatrics presenting a conceptual framework for conducting #deprescribing research in nursing home residents using routinely collected health care data. Joshua Niznik, PharmD, PhD link.springer.com/article/10.118…

April 22nd is Earth Day!
#Deprescribing can be beneficial for patients, but did you know it can also help the planet?

Check out our new webpage on the environmental impact of meds, with guidebooks & toolkits to help clinicians & healthcare administrators reduce their ecological

Asking ‘What matters most to you’ is a good place to start conversations abt #Prescribing , #Deprescribing #MedReview #MedReconciliation #PatientOutcomes
👍🏾Helps set patient centred priorities & goals
👍🏾Facilitates shared decision making with the older person
PrescQIPP CIC The PCPA

Brilliant chat about #prescribingcascades and #ADRs with work led by Emma Wallace and Dr Ann Doherty Study 1 - a key systematic review of #prescribingcascades in community-dwelling older adults. bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Thank you for shouting out #ThinkCascades . Exciting to see building momentum re: #prescribingcascades as contributor to #MedicationWithoutHarm . H/t Kieran Dalton Rachel Savage Mirko Petrovic Paula Rochon and others! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36107399/

deprescribing.org RCSI School of Population Health HSE QPS Having the reason for the medicine also helps discussions about whether I need this any more. And ‘came in on it’ and ‘came out on it’ are not reasons for a medicine.

The 3D-CAM is this week's #Delirium Measure . Find this and other CAM measures on the NIDUS Delirium Network website: deliriumnetwork.org/measurement/ca…
#Delirium

Meet the #Deprescribing #Pharmacist , #DrDeLonCanterbury GeriatRx, a featured member who puts the 'us' in #USDeN .

Read his compelling personal story here:
deprescribingresearch.org/delon-canterbu…

See our paper on ageing-related considerations for medications used in supportive cancer care in Journal of Geriatric Oncology

Based on our work and clinical experience in the Univ Hosp Waterford GOAL Clinic

#Controversy in cardiology: Clopidogrel or aspirin for the treatment of patients with CAD? 💊

Excellent review article by #LauraGatto , Lorenzo Scalia & colleagues 👉

✅ Online: lnkd.in/dFFeY6U9

#PANTHER #DAPT #PCI #P2Y12 #ASA #CardioTwitter #CardioEd #Cardiology

JAGS US Deprescribing Research Network (USDeN) I like the question about whether the drug has been tested in ‘people like me’ to see if it works - short answer, ‘probably not’

How to improve drug evaluation in older patients: The perspective of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS). #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

UPCOMING FREE ONLINE WEBINAR EVENT!

SPEAKER: Dr. Mark Horowitz ( Mark Horowitz ) - Antidepressant withdrawal effects and how to safely stop them: The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines approach

WHEN? Wednesday, May 8th

For more info/registration: ti.ubc.ca/2024/04/10/ant…

A United States perspective on enhancing drug evaluation in older adults. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

Best Possible Medication History Guide #BPMH #deprescribing