Pharmacist‐led transitions of care between hospitals, primary care clinics, and community pharmacies

B Cossette, G Ricard, R Poirier… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Pharmacist‐led transitions of care (TOC) interventions have been described as
some of the most promising interventions to reduce medication‐related harm (MRH) in older …

A pharmacy discharge plan for hospitalized elderly patients—a randomized controlled trial

I Nazareth, A Burton, S Shulman, P Smith… - Age and …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Objectives: to investigate the effectiveness of a pharmacy discharge plan in elderly
hospitalized patients. Design: randomized controlled trial. Subjects and settings: we …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of mail order pharmacy outreach on older patients with diabetes

C Gong, W Dyer, M Yassin, R Neugebauer… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Diabetes is one of many chronic conditions that affects the geriatric population
in which medication adherence plays an important role in preventing its complications 1 …

Longer lengths of stay and higher risk of mortality among inpatients of physicians with more years in practice

WN Southern, EY Bellin, JH Arnsten - The American journal of medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: More physician years in practice have been associated with less frequent
guideline adherence, but it is unknown whether years in practice are associated with patient …

Characteristics of Family Physicians Delivering Home Visits: A Canadian Retrospective Cohort Study

MM Scott, H Imsirovic, M Pugliese, SR Isenberg… - Journal of Pain and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Context Home visits have become increasingly uncommon although evidence suggests they
improve healthcare quality and reduce overall expenditures. This study identifies the primary …

Association between prescription drug benefit and hospital readmission rates

L Challen, C Kelso, B Gandhi - Hospital Pharmacy, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose To determine whether primary care medicine clinic (PCMC) patients with a
prescription drug benefit were associated with a lower rate of hospital readmissions …

Clopidogrel prescription filling delays and cardiovascular outcomes in a pharmacy system integrating inpatient and outpatient care: insights from the Veterans Affairs …

JB Byrd, TM Maddox, CI O'Donnell, GK Grunwald… - American heart …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Delays in filling clopidogrel prescriptions after percutaneous coronary
intervention (PCI) have been demonstrated previously and associated with adverse …

Comment on:“Potentially Inappropriate Medications, Drug–Drug Interactions, and Anticholinergic Burden in Elderly Hospitalized Patients: Does an Association Exist …

E Brunetti, G Isaia, M Bo - Drugs & Aging, 2021 - Springer
We read with much interest the article recently published in your journal by De Vincentis et
al.[1]. This study reported data from the REPOSI registry on 2631 older subjects discharged …

Does pharmacist‐led medication review help to reduce hospital admissions and deaths in older people? A systematic review and meta‐analysis

R Holland, J Desborough, L Goodyer… - British journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We set out to determine the effects of pharmacist‐led medication review in older people by
means of a systematic review and meta‐analysis covering 11 electronic databases …

Palliative home care and emergency department visits in the last 30 and 90 days of life: A retrospective cohort study of patients with cancer

J Mracek, M Earp, A Sinnarajah - BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 2021 - spcare.bmj.com
Objectives Evaluate the association of specialist palliative home care (HC) on emergency
department (ED) visits in the 30 and 90 days prior to death. Methods This retrospective …