Computerized prescribing alerts and group academic detailing to reduce the use of potentially inappropriate medications in older people
Article Abstract:
Impact of age-specific computerized prescribing alerts, on rate of dispensing potentially inappropriate medication in elderly people in United States, is examined. Significance of group academic detailing in improving the effectiveness of these alerts is also analyzed.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2006
Health aspects, Drugs, Computer-assisted instruction, Computer assisted instruction, Prescriptions (Drugs), Medication errors
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2006
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Multimorbidity and a comprehensive Medicare care-coordination benefit
Article Abstract:
An analysis on geriatric care, the developments that have occurred in designing eligibility schemes and benefits for the elderly, and the focus of geriatricians and gerontologists on the concept of 'multiple morbidity,' is discussed.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Editorial, Economic aspects, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Medicare, Morbidity
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
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Subjects list: Care and treatment, United States, Analysis, Aged patients, Elderly patients
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