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Quality Improvement: Strategies Needed to Reduce Preventable Patient Harm (NIHR Signal / BMJ / Future Healthcare Journal / WHO)

Posted on October 6, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent review found that around 6% patients in healthcare settings (internationally) experience potentially preventable harm; with approximately 1 in 8 such cases resulting in severe harm, permanent disability or death “Six types of patient harm were identified: drug … Continue reading →

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Historic Reduction in the Use of Antipsychotics for BPSD in UK General Practice? (Drug Safety)

Posted on August 23, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Data from 111,346 patients with dementia but without a concomitant diagnosis of psychosis indicates that prescribing of certain categories of antipsychotic drugs did reduce from 8.9% in 2001 to 1.4% in 2014. At face value, this reduction in inappropriate … Continue reading →

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