COHERENT

Two years after forming @coherentrx, we finally all got to meet together f2f at #PSA22SYD @drhurwitz87 @KennyPharmPhD @lisakouladjian @AmandaJCross @AmyTPage

How do you count polypharmacy? By the number of active ingredients or unique products? We measured it, there’s a difference and it is significant! Full manuscript now available at @IntJClinPharm doi.org/10.1007/s11096… @AmyTPage @smhoski @IMPACTDeakin @deakinresearch @UWA_SAH

How do you define polypharmacy? Prevalence among older adults varied by 27% depending on the counting method and the types of medicines included. New research here: doi.org/10.1007/s11096…

People who use combination medicines may or may not be captured as having #polypharmacy depending on whether the active ingredients in each product are considered. Read more about measuring polypharmacy in our new publication: doi.org/10.1007/s11096…

A new paper by @georgieblee looked at how we define polypharmacy. She compared different approaches commonly used in research finding polypharmacy prevalence estimates varied by up to 27% between different methods, link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Deprescribing for older people in hospital followed up for 12 months was tested in the AusTAPER study. We showed that a structured, collaborative medication review can reduce meds and save costs with no change to health outcomes. #Deprescribing doi.org/10.1111/imj.16…

A new systematic review includes 286 papers that evaluate the impact of #deprescribing in older people, focusing on the outcomes of discontinuing unnecessary medications. bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… @KennyPharmPhD @cdbeer Amanda Quek @drhurwitz87 @AmyTPage

#Pharmacists are ready to do more in #agedcare to support #medicationsafety. Our survey showed pharmacists are interested and feel prepared to work onsite at both a resident and system level to support residents, families, and staff. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Which pharmacists perceive they are ready and interested to work in RACFs? @AmyTPage @KennyPharmPhD @lisakouladjian @AmandaJCross @drhurwitz87 link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Effect of antivirals for COVID-19 on the mortality of older adults dispensed treatment with lithium, antipsychotics, antidepressants, anxiolytics and hypnotics now published in ustralian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry and is available at doi.org/10.1177/000486…

‘What pharmacist activities do our colleagues perceive to be most valuable?’ - ajp.com.au/news/what-phar… Read the full paper open access here: doi.org/10.1093/intqhc… @AJPEditor @_kmlee @AmyTPage @MichaelaNeuro

Our health economic analysis of a deprescribing RCT in residential aged care finds it could save between $1m and $16m annually if rolled out across the country jamda.com/article/S1525-…

Use of a reference text by pharmacists, intern pharmacists and pharmacy students: a national cross-sectional survey academic.oup.com/ijpp/article/3…

Theoretical Underpinnings of a Model to Reduce Polypharmacy and Its Negative Health Effects: Introducing the Team Approach to Polypharmacy Evaluation and Reduction (TAPER) link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Lithium Dispensed for Adults Aged ≥ 50 Years Between 2012 and 2021: Analyses of a 10% Sample of the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme ajgponline.org/article/S1064-…

Health morbidities associated with the dispensing of lithium to males and females: Cross-sectional analysis of the 10 % Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme sample for 2022 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Prospective Association Between the Dispensing of Antidepressants and of Medications to Treat Osteoporosis in Older Age authors.elsevier.com/a/1i0lD3o67zfP…

Dispensing of antineoplastic medications and their impact on the dispensing of anti-dementia drugs for adults aged ≥60 years: A cohort study doi.org/10.1016/j.matu…

#Pharmacists are key to a stronger health system, including a stronger and safer #agedcare system. Pharmacists can act as #knowledgebrokers to lead translation of guidelines and evidence into practice #WorldPharmacistsDay #FIP2023 @CentMedUseSafet @CoherentRx @FIP_org

Our @CoherentRx poster is up at @FIP_org congress, with @AmyTPage, @AmandaJCross and I here to answer all questions on #pharmacists perceived preparedness to work within RACFs #FIPcongress2023 #FIP2023

I'll be presenting some of our research on onsite aged care #pharmacists at @FIP_org Congress on World Pharmacist Day #WPD2023 @CentMedUseSafet @MIPS_Australia @CoherentRx