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Cultivating Appropriate Prescribing In A Primary Care House Calls Practice: A Quality Improvement Project, Sarah J. Marzolf
Cultivating Appropriate Prescribing In A Primary Care House Calls Practice: A Quality Improvement Project, Sarah J. Marzolf
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Problem Description: Polypharmacy in the frail elderly can lead to suboptimal management of medical issues. Primary Care Providers (PCPs) often lack knowledge of best practices regarding deprescribing and lack a systematic process for assessing mediation appropriateness. A quality improvement project was developed and executed at Housecall Providers, a home-based primary care practice in Portland, Oregon to facilitate the incorporation of deprescribing into daily practice.
Interventions: Following a literature review, a curriculum was developed and utilized during an educational intervention for PCPs regarding deprescribing best practices. A system for introducing new PCPs to evidence-based deprescribing for the frail elderly. This information …