The objective is to determine the impact of a medication optimization program aimed at deprescribing supplements in nursing home residents. Expected outcomes include decreased pill burden, decreased cost, and decreased nursing medication...
The objective of this study is to identify the baseline rate of prescribed proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) among long-term care (LTC) residents and to safely stop or reduce the dosage of prescribed PPIs in residents without evidenced-based indication...
The aim is to reduce the burden of polypharmacy for post-acute residents through collaboration with our consultant pharmacy and interdisciplinary team by targeting identified drug classes. The goal is to ascertain a 50% acceptance rate of the...
The aim of this quality improvement is to utilize a combinatorial pharmacogenomic (PGx) test to identify residents with actionable gene-drug interactions, gaps in provider knowledge about PGx testing, and best practices for implementing PGx testing...
The aim of this project is to evaluate the impact of a palliative and supportive care program by administering a survey to nurse practitioners who participated in the program.
The aim of this quality improvement project was to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of the Loeb Minimum Criteria within a long-term care (LTC) unit with the goals of decreasing unnecessary testing for urinary tract infections (UTIs) and...
We will evaluate the burden of polypharmacy in long-term care residents, and we anticipate offering valuable recommendations on deprescribing medications for long-term care residents by utilizing a standardized STOPP/START criteria.
To establish a framework for HL7® Fast Health Interoperability Resource (FHIR®) Implementation Guide (IG) development to facilitate health information exchange across Post-Acute Care (PAC) settings and other entities exchanging PAC information...
At our institution, an interprofessional (IP) hospital team consisting of a hospitalist, pharmacist, and nurse practitioner, meets with IP teams from local skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in a weekly teleconference to reconcile gaps in care for...
As the population ages, more people will die in long-term care (LTC) homes. Yet most LTC homes do not offer structured palliative education for their staff. The purpose of this study was to evaluate 2 multidisciplinary educational initiatives (i.e...
