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Special Report - Special Report - February 28, 2013
Minimizing inappropriate medications
Researchers find success changing doctor behavior, reducing potential errors

Newswise

Researchers at Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University's Jefferson School of Population Health, working with colleagues at the Parma Local Health Authority in Italy, say they significantly reduced the prescribing of dangerous medications for older people during a three-year, proof-of-concept study. The study was so successful, researchers contend, that enrollees adopted its practices permanently.

The rate of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) dropped by 9.8 percent...


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