With growing global concern regarding medication-related harm, WHO launched a global
patient safety challenge, Medication Without Harm, in March, 2017. Multimorbidity …

Background Mixed findings about deprescribing impact have emerged from varied study
designs, interventions, outcome measures and targeting sub-categories of medications or …

Importance Deprescribing is a promising approach to addressing the burden of
polypharmacy. Few studies have initiated comprehensive deprescribing in the hospital …

Purpose STOPP/START is a physiological systems-based explicit set of criteria that attempts
to define the clinically important prescribing problems relating to potentially inappropriate …

Objectives: Identify the definition of polypharmacy. Determine the reasons for recognizing
and addressing polypharmacy in the older patients. Develop strategies that can help …

Objective To study the effects of a primary care medication review intervention centred
around an electronic clinical decision support system (eCDSS) on appropriateness of …

Older adults commonly end up on many medications. Deprescribing is an important part of
individualizing care for older adults. It is an opportunity to discuss treatment options and …

Background Polypharmacy is a primary risk factor for the prescription of potentially
inappropriate medications (PIMs), drug–drug interactions (DDIs), and ultimately, adverse …

Objectives Deprescribing reduces polypharmacy in older adults. A thorough study of the
effect of deprescribing interventions on clinical outcomes in older adults is presently lacking …

Inappropriate polypharmacy is highly prevalent among older adults and presents a
significant healthcare concern. Conducting medication reviews and implementing …