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Article Dans Une Revue European Geriatric Medicine Année : 2021

Medication review and reconciliation in older adults

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Older people are frequently exposed to polypharmacy, inappropriate prescribing, and adverse drug events. Two clinical processes can help geriatricians to optimize and increase the safety of drug prescriptions for older adults: medication reconciliation and medication review. Medication reconciliation provides the best possible medication history and identifies and resolves discrepancies in drug prescriptions. During the medication review, the best possible medication history is crosschecked against other data, including morbidities, patient’s preferences, or geriatric syndromes, to produce a personalized medication strategy. Alignment of treatment recommendations with patient preferences and goals through shared decision-making is particularly important in medication review. Medication reconciliation and medication review have proven to be effective, but their broad implementation remains difficult. Indeed, these procedures are time-consuming and require specific skills, coordination between different healthcare professionals, organizations and dedicated means. The involvement of geriatricians therefore remains essential for the successful implementation of medication reconciliation and medication review in geriatric settings and among frail older people.
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hal-04478309 , version 1 (26-02-2024)

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Jean-Baptiste Beuscart, Sylvie Pelayo, Laurine Robert, S. Thevelin, S. Marien, et al.. Medication review and reconciliation in older adults. European Geriatric Medicine, 2021, European Geriatric Medicine, 12, p. 499-507. ⟨10.1007/s41999-021-00449-9⟩. ⟨hal-04478309⟩

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