Effect of the Tool to Reduce Inappropriate Medications on Medication Communication and Deprescribing.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the effect of the Tool to Reduce Inappropriate Medications (TRIM), a web tool linking an electronic health record (EHR) to a clinical decision support system, on medication communication and prescribing.

Design

Randomized clinical trial.

Setting

Primary care clinics at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Participants

Veterans aged 65 and older prescribed seven or more medications randomized to receipt of TRIM or usual care (N = 128).

Intervention

TRIM extracts information on medications and chronic conditions from the EHR and contains data entry screens for information obtained from brief chart review and telephonic patient assessment. These data serve as input for automated algorithms identifying medication reconciliation discrepanc

SUBMITTER: Fried TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5641237 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature