Background: The benefits of medication optimization are largely uncontroversial but difficult
to achieve. Behavior change interventions aiming to optimize prescriber medication-related …

What is known and objective The pharmacist's role has evolved dramatically over the last
few decades and shows considerable impact globally. The aim of this systematic review was …

Background Australian federally-funded cognitive pharmacy services (CPS)(eg medication
management and reconciliation services) have not been translated into practice …

Objectives: Adverse drug events (ADE) are a common cause of morbidity and mortality in
elderly patients. In this study, we assessed the impact of multidisciplinary medication review …

Background Medication safety is important to limit adverse events for nursing home
residents. Several factors, such as interprofessional collaboration with pharmacists and …

Objective Older adults in long-term care (LTC) are often frail and comorbid and have
multiple medications. Although medication review by pharmacists has been integrated into …

Background The medication expertise of pharmacists is widely acknowledged and there is
ongoing interest in their potential role to reduce medication-related harm amongst residents …

Importance Medication review has been proposed to achieve improved use of psychotropic
drugs, but benefits have not been confirmed. Objective To synthesize evidence for focused …

Background Medication reviews have been introduced as healthcare interventions to
decrease inappropriate polypharmacy in older patients, but implementation in practice is …

Background There is a growing body of evidence that supports the clinical effectiveness of
pharmacist roles in outpatient settings. However, limited studies have investigated the …