Development and dissemination of the national strategic action plan for reducing inappropriate polypharmacy in older Australians

doi:10.1111/imj.15155

. 2021 Jan;51(1):111-115.

doi: 10.1111/imj.15155.

Development and dissemination of the national strategic action plan for reducing inappropriate polypharmacy in older Australians

Lisa Kouladjian O'Donnell^{1

2}, Emily Reeve^{1

3

4}, Anne Cumming¹, Ian A Scott^{5

6}, Sarah N Hilmer^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ NHMRC Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre, Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Departments of Clinical Pharmacology and Aged Care, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁴ Geriatric Medicine Research, Faculty of Medicine, and College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, Canada.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁶ School of Clinical Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

PMID: 33572018
DOI: 10.1111/imj.15155

Development and dissemination of the national strategic action plan for reducing inappropriate polypharmacy in older Australians

Lisa Kouladjian O'Donnell et al. Intern Med J. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;51(1):111-115.

doi: 10.1111/imj.15155.

Authors

Lisa Kouladjian O'Donnell^{1

2}, Emily Reeve^{1

3

4}, Anne Cumming¹, Ian A Scott^{5

6}, Sarah N Hilmer^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ NHMRC Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre, Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Departments of Clinical Pharmacology and Aged Care, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁴ Geriatric Medicine Research, Faculty of Medicine, and College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, Canada.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁶ School of Clinical Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

PMID: 33572018
DOI: 10.1111/imj.15155

Abstract

A cohesive, national approach is needed to address inappropriate polypharmacy in older adults and promote deprescribing. We describe the dissemination of the Quality Use of Medicines to Optimise Ageing in Older Australians: Recommendations for a National Strategic Action Plan to Reduce Inappropriate Polypharmacy, and the initiatives taken to date that align with, and assist in operationalising this plan.

Keywords: EVOLVE; deprescribing; inappropriate polypharmacy; older adult.

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1. Scott IA, Hilmer SN, Reeve E, Potter K, Le Couteur D, Rigby D et al. Reducing inappropriate polypharmacy: the process of deprescribing. JAMA Intern Med 2015; 175: 827-34.
1. RACP. EVOLVE The Royal Australasian College of Physicians 2020 [cited 2020 Dec 16]. Available from URL: https://evolve.edu.au/
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1. Shaw B, Chisholm O. Australia's National Medicines Policy is outdated and in need of review. Med J Aust 2019; 211: 252-4.e1.
1. McLachlan AJ, Aslani P. National Medicines Policy 2.0: a vision for the future. Aust Prescr 2020; 43: 24-6.

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[1] Scott IA, Hilmer SN, Reeve E, Potter K, Le Couteur D, Rigby D et al. Reducing inappropriate polypharmacy: the process of deprescribing. JAMA Intern Med 2015; 175: 827-34.

[2] Scott IA, Hilmer SN, Reeve E, Potter K, Le Couteur D, Rigby D et al. Reducing inappropriate polypharmacy: the process of deprescribing. JAMA Intern Med 2015; 175: 827-34.

[3] RACP. EVOLVE The Royal Australasian College of Physicians 2020 [cited 2020 Dec 16]. Available from URL: https://evolve.edu.au/

[4] RACP. EVOLVE The Royal Australasian College of Physicians 2020 [cited 2020 Dec 16]. Available from URL: https://evolve.edu.au/

[5] Quality Use of Medicines to Optimise Ageing in Older Australians: Recommendations for a National Strategic Action Plan to Reduce Inappropriate Polypharmacy. Sydney; 2018 [cited 2020 Dec 16]. Available from URL: https://www.sydney.edu.au/medicine/cdpc/resources/quality-use-of-medicin...

[6] Quality Use of Medicines to Optimise Ageing in Older Australians: Recommendations for a National Strategic Action Plan to Reduce Inappropriate Polypharmacy. Sydney; 2018 [cited 2020 Dec 16]. Available from URL: https://www.sydney.edu.au/medicine/cdpc/resources/quality-use-of-medicin...

[7] Shaw B, Chisholm O. Australia's National Medicines Policy is outdated and in need of review. Med J Aust 2019; 211: 252-4.e1.

[8] Shaw B, Chisholm O. Australia's National Medicines Policy is outdated and in need of review. Med J Aust 2019; 211: 252-4.e1.

[9] McLachlan AJ, Aslani P. National Medicines Policy 2.0: a vision for the future. Aust Prescr 2020; 43: 24-6.

[10] McLachlan AJ, Aslani P. National Medicines Policy 2.0: a vision for the future. Aust Prescr 2020; 43: 24-6.

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