Improving Medication Use in Newly Admitted Home Healthcare Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

200299 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Sarah Meredith · General Department of Preventive Medicine

Penny H. Feldman · Visiting Nurse Service of New York

Dennee Frey · Visiting Nurse Association

Lisa Giammarco · Visiting Nurse Service of New York

Kathi Hall · General Department of Preventive Medicine

Kristina Arnold · General Department of Preventive Medicine

Nancy J. Brown

Abstract

A program congruent with existing personnel and practices of home health agencies improved medication use in a vulnerable population and was particularly effective in reducing therapeutic duplication.

Topics & Keywords

Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints Emergency and Acute Care Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volume 50, Issue 9, pp. 1484-1491

DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50402.x

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