COHERENT

COnsultant pHarmacists’ sErvices REsearch Network uniting research & practice nationally to improve health service delivery and patient-centred care

[COHERENT @CoherentRx]

Two years after forming @coherentrx, we finally all got to meet together f2f at #PSA22SYD

@drhurwitz87 @KennyPharmPhD @lisakouladjian @AmandaJCross @AmyTPage

[Georgie Lee @georgieblee]

How do you count polypharmacy? By the number of active ingredients or unique products? We measured it, there’s a difference and it is significant! Full manuscript now available at @IntJClinPharm https://t.co/qWyeDNmyEr

@AmyTPage @smhoski @IMPACTDeakin @deakinresearch @UWA_SAH

[Georgie Lee @georgieblee]

How do you define polypharmacy? Prevalence among older adults varied by 27% depending on the counting method and the types of medicines included.
New research here: https://t.co/qWyeDNmyEr

[Georgie Lee @georgieblee]

People who use combination medicines may or may not be captured as having #polypharmacy depending on whether the active ingredients in each product are considered.

Read more about measuring polypharmacy in our new publication: https://t.co/qWyeDNn6tZ

[COHERENT @CoherentRx]

A new paper by @georgieblee looked at how we define polypharmacy. She compared different approaches commonly used in research finding polypharmacy prevalence estimates varied by up to 27% between different methods, https://t.co/0SYKmRTiZ1

[COHERENT @CoherentRx]

Deprescribing for older people in hospital followed up for 12 months was tested in the AusTAPER study. We showed that a structured, collaborative medication review can reduce meds and save costs with no change to health outcomes. #Deprescribing
https://t.co/GNXaqIfrs6

[COHERENT @CoherentRx]

A new systematic review includes 286 papers that evaluate the impact of #deprescribing in older people, focusing on the outcomes of discontinuing unnecessary medications. https://t.co/cwG4dVKH4d

@KennyPharmPhD @cdbeer Amanda Quek @drhurwitz87 @AmyTPage

[Amanda Cross @AmandaJCross]

#Pharmacists are ready to do more in #agedcare to support #medicationsafety. Our survey showed pharmacists are interested and feel prepared to work onsite at both a resident and system level to support residents, families, and staff. https://t.co/wzu4QTVbAn

[COHERENT @CoherentRx]

Which pharmacists perceive they are ready and interested to work in RACFs?

@AmyTPage @KennyPharmPhD @lisakouladjian @AmandaJCross @drhurwitz87

https://t.co/6qnI4RxgCq

[Amy Page @AmyTPage]

Effect of antivirals for COVID-19 on the mortality of older adults dispensed treatment with lithium, antipsychotics, antidepressants, anxiolytics and hypnotics now published in ustralian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry and is available at https://t.co/QCuX3pr5gg

[Dr Jacinta Johnson @JacintaAdelaide]

‘What pharmacist activities do our colleagues perceive to be most valuable?’ - https://t.co/xVLJsUiKna
Read the full paper open access here: https://t.co/C4npC2B1lJ
@AJPEditor @_kmlee @AmyTPage @MichaelaNeuro

[Amy Page @AmyTPage]

Our health economic analysis of a deprescribing RCT in residential aged care finds it could save between $1m and $16m annually if rolled out across the country

https://t.co/rHEzcNlZpJ

[COHERENT @CoherentRx]

Use of a reference text by pharmacists, intern pharmacists and pharmacy students: a national cross-sectional survey

https://t.co/EQSILUyJTS

[COHERENT @CoherentRx]

Theoretical Underpinnings of a Model to Reduce Polypharmacy and Its Negative Health Effects: Introducing the Team Approach to Polypharmacy Evaluation and Reduction (TAPER)

https://t.co/Um1lRknkxx

[COHERENT @CoherentRx]

Lithium Dispensed for Adults Aged ≥ 50 Years Between 2012 and 2021: Analyses of a 10% Sample of the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
https://t.co/VF0DFNDoCl

[COHERENT @CoherentRx]

Health morbidities associated with the dispensing of lithium to males and females: Cross-sectional analysis of the 10 % Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme sample for 2022 https://t.co/7WZqq92Cv6

[COHERENT @CoherentRx]

Prospective Association Between the Dispensing of Antidepressants and of Medications to Treat Osteoporosis in Older Age
https://t.co/D1gWEtSVLS

[COHERENT @CoherentRx]

Dispensing of antineoplastic medications and their impact on the dispensing of anti-dementia drugs for adults aged ≥60 years: A cohort study

https://t.co/y4uuLaSmt9

[Amanda Cross @AmandaJCross]

#Pharmacists are key to a stronger health system, including a stronger and safer #agedcare system. Pharmacists can act as #knowledgebrokers to lead translation of guidelines and evidence into practice #WorldPharmacistsDay #FIP2023 @CentMedUseSafet @CoherentRx @FIP_org

[Lisa Kouladjian O'Donnell @lisakouladjian]

Our @CoherentRx poster is up at @FIP_org congress, with @AmyTPage, @AmandaJCross and I here to answer all questions on #pharmacists perceived preparedness to work within RACFs #FIPcongress2023 #FIP2023

[Amanda Cross @AmandaJCross]

I'll be presenting some of our research on onsite aged care #pharmacists at @FIP_org Congress on World Pharmacist Day #WPD2023 @CentMedUseSafet @MIPS_Australia @CoherentRx