Publications by authors named "Kara Ioannou"
Reprint of: Pharmacist-driven deprescribing initiative in primary care.
J Am Pharm Assoc (2003)
October 2024
Background: Polypharmacy, a broad term to describe the use of numerous and often unnecessary medications, has been connected to frailty, hospital admissions, falls, and even mortality. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) developed the VIONE (vital, important, optional, not indicated, and every medication has an indication) dashboard to identify patients with polypharmacy and serve as a framework for deprescribing of medications across VHA facilities where it is used in a variety of practice settings by different disciplines.
Objective: This study aimed to describe the implementation of a pharmacist-led, system-wide, deprescribing initiative in the primary care setting.
Background: Polypharmacy, a broad term to describe the use of numerous and often unnecessary medications, has been connected to frailty, hospital admissions, falls, and even mortality. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) developed the VIONE (vital, important, optional, not indicated, and every medication has an indication) dashboard to identify patients with polypharmacy and serve as a framework for deprescribing of medications across VHA facilities where it is used in a variety of practice settings by different disciplines.
Objective: This study aimed to describe the implementation of a pharmacist-led, system-wide, deprescribing initiative in the primary care setting.
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