Deprescribing in Hospice Patients: Discontinuing Aspirin, Multivitamins, and Statins.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To facilitate deprescribing of aspirin, multivitamins, and statins in hospice patients enrolled in Mayo Clinic Hospice, Rochester, Minnesota.

Patients and methods

During the fall of 2019, we conducted a quality improvement project to improve care of Mayo Clinic Hospice patients by decreasing the percentage of patients taking aspirin, multivitamins, or statins. Project interventions included the addition of a palliative medicine fellow to the hospice interdisciplinary team, nurse education, and implementation of an evidence-based deprescribing resource tool. The resource tool included a communication framework to guide deprescribing conversations and a literature summary supporting deprescribing. The project team recorded the number of patients taking 1 of these med

SUBMITTER: Low CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8325098 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature