Less is more: a project to reduce the number of PIMs (potentially inappropriate medications) on an elderly care ward

Potentially inappropriate prescribing in healthcare of the elderly (HCE) is associated with avoidable adverse drug events (ADEs).1,2 A recent set of prescribing criteria has been designed and validated, called “Screening Tool of Older Persons' Prescriptions” (STOPP), to rationalise prescribing...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ open quality 2016, Vol.5 (1), p.u207857.w4260
Hauptverfasser:	Aung, Tin Htun, Judith Beck, Adèle, Siese, Thomas, Berrisford, Richard
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BMJ Quality Improvement Programme Data collection Drug stores Intervention Medical personnel Older people Patients Physicians Polypharmacy Prescription drugs
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