AI Pinpoints High-Risk Polypharmacy Patients

Atlantic Health System, one of the largest nonprofit healthcare networks in New Jersey, is deploying a new ...

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Computer-Assisted Program Supports Deprescribing During Transitions of Care

A computer-assisted workflow helps pharmacists deprescribe medications that patients no longer need after leaving ...

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Survey: Most Adults Willing to Stop Medications If OK’d by Doctors

SAN FRANCISCO—The vast majority of older adults would discontinue their medications if their doctor said it ...

JANUARY 20, 2023

Polypharmacy a Big Problem If Left Unchecked

Polypharmacy in the elderly can be dangerous—even life-threatening—and providers across the country are ...

MARCH 9, 2020

Deprescribing: New Concept or a Familiar Drumbeat?

Much has been written and discussed regarding polypharmacy, especially in older adults, as well as its increased ...

AUGUST 25, 2017

OTC Pain Drugs Can Complicate Polypharmacy for Older Patients

More older adults are taking more medications, and experts warn this is translating into trouble, from drug ...

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Polypharmacy, Pharmacogenomics, and the Prescriber: Practical Considerations in Older Adults

The pharmacogenomic scientific literature has exploded in the last 10 years, enhancing our understanding of this ...

JULY 13, 2016