Perspectives on Deprescribing Communication in Primary Care

Ariel R. Green, Cynthia M. Boyd, Kathy S. Gleason, Leslie Wright, Courtney R. Kraus, Ruth Bedoy, Bianca Sanchez, Jonathan Norton, Orla C. Sheehan, Jennifer L. Wolff, Emily Reeve, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Linda A. Weffald, Elizabeth A. Bayliss

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Abstract

OPTIMIZE1 seeks to provide patients, care partners, and clinicians with tools—educational brochures and tip sheets—to foster thoughtful conversations about deprescribing. We agree that accurate medication reconciliation is an essential first step to such conversations. A pharmacy notebook such as the one you describe, involving indications for each medicine and patient memos with reasons for discontinuation, could be extremely useful. We would be very interested to see this approach tested as part of a deprescribing intervention, as it is consistent with engaging patients and caregivers and increasing trusting conversations.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1122-1122
Number of pages1
JournalJournal of General Internal Medicine
Volume36
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2021
Externally publishedYes

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