Information and communications technology support for medication review in nursing home residents : Update of the OptiMEDs tool and an evaluation of the improvement of the new version

Background: In older age polypharmacy is common due to a higher rate of chronic diseases. Taking multiple medications can result in drug related problems resulting in higher health care costs. OptiMEDs is an information and communications technology (ICT) guided medication review program that was created to improve the quality of the prescription of medicines in elderly. A pilot study of OptiMEDs was performed in 3 nursing homes in Belgium during 2019-2020. Aim: To update the explicit criteria behind OptiMEDs and to make the tool more specific. Method: Through a literature search of explicit c... Mehr ...