- Title
- Consolidated Medication Review Algorithm to Improve Medications Use in Older Adults: Components, Scoring Scheme, and Implementation
- Creator
- Thiruchelvam, Kaeshaelya; Wong, Pei Se; Kairuz, Therese; Babar, Zaheer Ud-Din; Hasan, Syed Shahzad
- Relation
- Journal of the American Medical Directors Association Vol. 19, Issue 8, p. 717-718
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2018.03.007
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- Medication review algorithms and minimization frameworks are known to aid reviewers in identifying and discontinuing potentially inappropriate medications, which may otherwise lead older population to harmful events. There have been many algorithms and minimization frameworks that have been developed to aid to evaluate medication reviews, with each one offering benefits in various settings. In 2007, Pollock et al proposed an 8-step approach to improve prescribing by family physicians. Scott et al further developed the concept proposed by Pollock et al to a 10-step framework that aimed to improve medicine use and to reduce the number of inappropriate medications prescribed to older people. Poudel et al further condensed the 10-step framework to a 4-step algorithm that guides clinicians in reviewing the medications, but it is targeted at frail older patients living in aged care facilities. Many other independent models and algorithms also have been designed. A commonality that exists among all medication review algorithms and minimization frameworks is that all of them lack a scoring scheme to quantify a medication review process. In this context, a new consolidated medication review algorithm is being developed.
- Subject
- medication; algorithms; aged care facilities; frail older patients
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1451199
- Identifier
- uon:44125
- Identifier
- ISSN:1525-8610
- Language
- eng
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