Harm from medications is a major problem in America and older adults are the age group most likely to suffer, being four times more likely than younger adults to experience harm. H[...]

For older adults the transition home from the hospital is usually a welcome one. However, many older adults end up right back in the hospital, and as many as 2/3rd’s of these[...]

Adverse drug events (ADEs) are a very real problem in the community, associated with 25-30% of hospital admissions in older adults and estimated to be the 4th or 5th leading cause [...]

I read the press release over a year ago on how Golden Living Centers will be transitioning its contracted, outsourced pharmacy consulting services in its long term care facilities[...]

In October of 2010, Dr. Doron Garfinkel published study results from the application of the Good Palliative-Geriatric Practice algorithm in community-dwelling older adults, showing[...]

Published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology in 2006, this article written by A. Blenkinsopp and others, reviews the literature on patient-reported symptoms of suspect[...]

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) may want to look a little deeper as to why many of their hospital patients who recently discharged are coming back within 30-days. An article [...]

An article published recently in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society titled Prevalence of Unplanned Hospitalizations Caused by Adverse Drug Reactions in Older Veterans; [...]

Here’s a link from AskAPatient.com, a consumer-based website that allows people to post what they believe are side-effects from their medications. Although there is no validation t[...]

When reviewing medications of an older adult it is not unlikely that some of the medications could have been prescribed to treat side-effects from other medications. This is called[...]