Electronic surveillance and pharmacist intervention for vulnerable older inpatients on high-risk medication regimens.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To develop and evaluate an electronic tool to assist clinical pharmacists with reviewing potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in hospitalized elderly adults.

Design

Pilot intervention.

Setting

Academic tertiary care hospital.

Participants

Hospitalized adults aged 65 and older admitted to the general medicine, orthopedics, and urology services during a 3-week period in 2011 who were administered at least one medication from a list of 240 PIMs.

Intervention

A computerized PIMS dashboard flagged individuals with at least one administered PIM or a high calculated anticholinergic score. The dashboard also displayed 48-hour cumulative narcotic and benzodiazepine administration. Participants were ranked to reflect the estimated risk of an adv

SUBMITTER: Peterson JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4337022 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature