Potentially inappropriate medication prescribing in outpatient practices: Prevalence and patient characteristics based on electronic health records
July 27th, 2009 Posted by: admin
Publication year: 2009
Source: The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, Volume 7, Issue 2, April 2009, Pages 84-92
Michael D, Buck , Ashish, Atreja , Cherie P., Brunker , Anil, Jain , Theodore T., Suh , …
Background: Some older adults receive potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs), increasing their risk for adverse events. A literature search did not find any US multicenter studies that measured the prevalence of PIMs in outpatient practices based on data from electronic health records (EHRs), using both the Beers and Zhan criteria.Objectives: The aims of the present study were to compare the prevalence of PIMs using standard drug terminologies at 2 disparate institutions using EHRs and to identify characteristics of elderly patients who have a PIM on their active-medication lists.Methods: This cross-sectional study of outpatients’ active-medication lists from April 1, 2006, was conducted…
