The progressive aging and comorbidities of the population have led to an increase in the
number of patients with polypharmacy attended to in the emergency department. Drug …

Abstract Objectives Adverse drug events (ADEs) cause or contribute to one in nine
emergency department (ED) presentations in North America and are often misdiagnosed …

Reducing adverse drug events among older adults in heterogeneous and often chaotic
emergency department (ED) settings requires a multidisciplinary approach. Recent research …

Introduction The main objective of this study was to investigate whether systematic
medication review conducted by clinical pharmacists can impact clinical outcomes and post …

Background Research on factors associated with recurrent emergency department (ED)
visits and their implications for improving dementia care is lacking. The objective of this …

Abstract Background In 2011 the British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Health introduced a new
fee-for-service billing code that allowed “Multidisciplinary Care Assessment”(MCA). This …

Background Older patients are vulnerable to experiencing drug related problems (DRPs),
which may result in emergency department (ED) visits. However, it is not standard practice to …

Healthcare systems face significant challenges in meeting the unique needs of older adults,
particularly in the acute setting. Age‐friendly healthcare is a comprehensive approach using …

Medication safety has become one of the most highlighted areas of patient safety since
medication errors (MEs) are common in all care settings (WHO 2017; FIP 2020). MEs may …

Background Drug overuse or drug underuse are the most common causes of adverse drug
events and can lead to hospital admissions. Using clinical pharmacists in the emergency …