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Tag Archives: Medication Nonadherence
Potential Harms From Polypharmacy in the Elderly (BBC News / Age UK / EJCP / Bazian / Lancet Psychiatry)
Summary An Age UK report investigates the potential harms of over-prescribing medicines for older people. Older persons often remain on too many prescribed medicines, putting them at risk of side-effects, potentially resulting in falls and other forms of serious harm. … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Antipsychotics, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Depression, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Hypertension, In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Achieving Better Value, Addictions Department - Division of Academic Psychiatry: King's College London, Addictive Prescription Medicines, Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs), Adverse Drug Reactions in the Elderly, Ageing Population, Alcohol Drugs Tobacco and Justice Division: Public Health England, AntiCholinergic Burden, Anticholinergic Drugs, Anticholinergics, Antidepressants, Anxiolytics and Hypnotics (Including Benzodiazepines), ARMOUR Tool, Australian Prescribing Indicators, Austrian Criteria, Barenholtz Levy, Bazian, BBC Health News, Beers Criteria, Behind the Headlines, Benzodiazepines, Better Value, Better Value Healthcare, Better Value in the NHS, Brown Model, Cantrill Indicators, Care Home Pharmacists, Care Home Pharmacists to Cut Overmedication, Care Homes, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Care of Older People Living at Home, Care of Older People Living in Care Homes, Care Planning: Relating New Prescribing Decisions to Existing Medicines, Care Quality Improvement Department: Royal College of Physicians, Case Management and Enhanced Rapid Response, Challenging Behaviour in Dementia, Choosing Wisely, Choosing Wisely in the NHS, Choosing Wisely in the UK, Clinical Pharmacists, CMS List, Communication Between Community Pharmacists and GPs, Community Pharmacies, Community Pharmacists, Community Pharmacy, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Comorbidity, Comorbidity and Dementia, Comorbidity and Polypharmacy in People With Dementia, Dementia Friendly Community Pharmacists, Department of Family Medicine: University of California Los Angeles, Department of Primary Care and Public Health: Imperial College London, Dependence and Withdrawal Associated With Prescribed Medicines (PHE Review), Deprescribing, Discontinuation of Multiple Medications in Older Adults, Doubling-Up, Drug Burden Index, Drug Cost Savings, Economic Sustainability, Elderly Malnutrition, European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, FORTA Criteria, Four or More Medicines (FOMM) Support Service, Frail Older People, Frailty, Gabapentinoids, Geriatric Medication Algorithm, German PRISCUS List of Potentially Inappropriate Medications, Good Practice in Care Homes, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Hamdy Criteria, Hanoi Medical University, Harms of Too Much Medicine, Health Improvement Directorate: Public Health England, High Quality Medicines Reviews, Holmes Criteria, Hospital Pharmacists, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Pharmacists, Hull-York Medical School: University of Hull, Imperial College London, Improving Care for Frail Older People, Improving Patient Safety, Improving Pharmaceutical Care in Care Homes, Improving Prescribing in the Elderly Tool, Improving Prescribing Practice, Improving Standards in Care Homes, Inappropriate Drug Use, Inappropriate Medication, Inappropriate Prescribing, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience: King’s College London, Integrated Care Clinical Pharmacist (ICP) for Frail Older People, Integrated Care Pharmacists (ICPs), Kaiser Permanente Model, Kings College London, KPC Criteria, Lambeth Addictions: South London and Maudsley NHS Mental Health Foundation Trust, Lancet Psychiatry, Laroche Criteria, Later Life, Lechevallier Criteria, Less is More, Liaison and In-Reach Services for Frail Older People, Lindblad’s List, Lipton’s Tool, Living at Home, Living Well in Care Homes, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Lowering Costs, Maio Criteria, Malnutrition, Malnutrition in Later Life, Malone’s List, Management of Challenging Behaviour, Managing Comorbidity and Complexity, Managing Medicines in Care Homes, Matsumura Alert System, McLeod Criteria, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Medical Overuse, Medication Adherence, Medication Appropriateness Index, Medication Creep, Medication Nonadherence, Medication Reviews, Medication Reviews in Care Homes, Medication Without Harm (WHO), Medication-Related Harm, Medications Management Outcome Monitor, Medicine Combinations, Medicines Management, Multi-Morbidities, Multimorbidities and Long-Term Conditions, Multiple Comorbidities, Multiple Long-Term Conditions, Multiple Medications (Polypharmacy), National Guideline Centre: Royal College of Physicians, NCOA Criteria, New Mexico Criteria, NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), NHS Community Pharmacies, Non-Adherence: Medication-Related Harm, Norwegian General Practice (NORGEP) Criteria, Oborne’s Prescribing Indicators, Older Adults Higher Levels of Dependency Dementia and Comorbidity, Older People, Older People Supported and Involved in Decisions About Medicines, Older People With Complex Needs, Older People's Care, Opioid Painkillers, Opioids, Optimising Prescribing and Deprescribing in Older Adults, Over-Medication, Over-Prescribing, Over-Treatment, Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment, Overmedicalization, Overmedicaton in Care Homes, Overprescribing, Overprescription, Overuse of Medication, Owen’s Steps, Patient Harms, Patient Preference and Adherence, Patient 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Text Messaging Improves Adherence to Cardiovascular Preventive Treatment: the INTERACT Trial (BBC News / Plos ONE)
Summary The NHS spends over £500 million on wasted medicines and avoidable illness per year, it has been estimated. Earlier research indicates that about one-third of patients do not take their medication as directed. Text messaging services could help people … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adherence to Cardiovascular Preventive Treatment (INTERACT Trial), Adherence to Medication Routines, Adherence to Statin Therapy, Astra Zeneca, Avoidable Acute Hospital Admission in Older People, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoidable Ill-Health, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Barts Hospital Special Trustees, BBC Health News, Gephyra IHC (Amsterdam), Health Information Technology, Information Technology, Living Longer: Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Medication, Medication Adherence, Medication Errors (Patient), Medication Nonadherence, Medications: Best Usage, Medicines Management, Medicines Optimisation, Medicines Waste Awareness, Mobile Phone Messaging, Mobile Phone Messaging For Self-Management Of Long-Term Conditions, Mobile Technology, MoSelf-Management of Long-Term Conditions, Multimedia Message Service (MMS), Patient Experience, Polypill Crossover Trials in People Aged 50 and Over, Polypill Ltd, Queen Mary Innovation, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Self-Administration, Self-Care, Self-Directed Care, Self-Management, Self-Management of Long-Term Illnesses, Self-Management Support, Short Message Service: SMS, Supported Self-Care, Telemonitoring, Text Messaging, Treatment Adherence, Waste of Prescription Medicines, Wasted Resources, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine: Queen Mary University of London
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Reducing Waste in the NHS; Improving Value, Lowering Costs and Achieving Sustainability? (Centre for Sustainable Healthcare / Academy of Medical Royal Colleges / BJS / NHS England / RCP)
Summary A report from the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare and Academy of Medical Royal Colleges comments on widespread overuse of tests and interventions. A range of options are presented for cutting waste. “Reducing waste in today’s climate of constrained resource … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Achieving Better Value, AEA Consultants (Waste and Energy Experts), Air Pollution, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Barriers and Enablers to Value in Healthcare, BBC Health News, Best Value Duty, Better Outcomes: Better Value, Better Value, Better Value Health Care, Birmingham City Hospital, Borders General Hospital (BGH), British Journal of Surgery, Carbon Cost of Wasted Resources, Carbon Reduction Strategy, Care Closer to Home, Care Closer to Home Project, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, Choosing Wisely, Clinician Engagement (Purchasing), Clinician-Led Purchasing Scheme in Sheffield, CO2 Emissions, Collaborative Purchasing, Collaborative Purchasing Across Hospitals, Commissioning for Maximum Value, Commissioning for Value, Community-Based Care, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Consultant Ward Rounds, Economic Sustainability, Financial Constraints, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hardnosed Reviews (Value For Money), HFMA: Health Finance Managers Association, Improves Value, Improving Patient Flow in Operating Theatres, Improving Prescribing Practice, Improving Value in Diagnostic Services, Intermittent Chemotherapy, Lean and Quality Improvement, Lean and Six Sigma, Less Waste More Care, Less Waste More Health (RCP Report on Reducing Waste), Low-Value General Surgical Procedures, Lowering Costs, Medication Nonadherence, Medicines Adherence, Michael Macdonnell: Director of System Transformation at NHS England, Minimising Over-Purchasing, Minimum Re-testing Intervals Strategy, NHS Carbon Footprint, NHS Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust, NHS Values, NHS Values and Constitution, NICE Do Not Do Recommendations Database, Optimising Laboratory Test Requests, Overuse of Diagnostic or Monitoring Tests / Procedures, Overuse of Medication, Oxford University: Health Experiences Institute, Prescribing for Minor Self-Limiting Conditions, Prescribing for Minor Short-Term Conditions, Procurement and Disposal of Medical Supplies, Productive Operating Theatre (TPOT), Professor Des Breen: South Yorkshire Integrated Care System, Protecting Resources and Promoting Value, Psychiatric Liaison Services, Quality and Sustainability, RAID Service in Birmingham, Rapid Assessment Interface and Discharge (RAID), Reducing Early Hospital Readmissions, Reducing Expenditure, Reducing Inappropriate Laboratory Investigations, Reducing Inappropriate Polypharmacy, Reducing Prescribing Costs, Reducing Productive Waste, Reducing Radiology Referrals, Reducing Travel, Reducing Unplanned Hospitalisation, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Reducing Waste in Radiology, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Reduction in Bureaucracy, Rochdale PCT, Royal College of Physicians (RCP), Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Said Business School, SDU, Self-Limiting Health Concerns, Sheffield Outpatient Antimicrobial (OPAT) Service, South Yorkshire Integrated Care System, STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Person's Prescriptions), STOPP and START Criteria, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Unit (SDU), Sustainable Development Unit for Public Health, Teleconferencing, Telehealth Clinics, University Hospital of North Staffordshire (UHNS), Unnecessary Expiration of Unused Equipment, Unnecessary Tests, Value for Money, Value Improvement, Ward Rounds, Waste Hierarchy, Waste in Biomedical Research, Waste in Medical Training, Waste Reduction Toolkit, Wasted Resources, Which Waste Bin - Sustainability Flow Chart (RCP)
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Overcoming Human Error in Medications Adherence and Prescribing (BBC News)
Summary People with failing memories are likely to have problems remembering to take their prescribed medication regularly. A company called Proteus has developed a tablet which helps to monitor drug adherence by texting or tweeting carers or nursing / medical … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, BBC News, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Checking Medication, Coping Mechanisms, Coping Strategies, Coping with Memory Loss, Digital Technology, Dispensing Errors, Drug Identification, Emerging Technology, Enabling Technology, IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, Incidents Errors and Near Misses, Information Technology, Medication Accuracy, Medication Adherence, Medication Errors, Medication Nonadherence, Medication Persistence, Medications: Best Usage, MedSnap ID app, MedSnap PT, Memory Problems, Mobile Technology, New Technology, Proteus, Proteus Digital Health, Safeguarding and Medicines, Support and Coping Mechanisms, Telemedicine, United States, Using Medicines More Responsibly: IMS Health Study (US), WHO: World Health Organization, World Health Organisation (WHO)
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