Deprescribing electronic case reviews for older veterans at risk for falls: Effects on drug burden and falls.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Falls are the most common medication-related safety event in older adults. Deprescribing fall risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs) may mitigate fall risk. This study assesses the effects of an innovative deprescribing program in reducing FRID burden and falls-related acute visits over 1 year.

Methods

The Falls Assessment of Medications in the Elderly (FAME) Program is a pilot deprescribing program designed to improve medication safety in Veterans aged ≥65, screening positive for high fall risk at the Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System. Central case finding and electronic case reviews with deprescribing recommendations were completed by an interdisciplinary team, forwarded to prescribers for approval, then implemented during follow-up telephone visits by FAME team

SUBMITTER: Pavon JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10922092 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature