Strategies To Reduce Polypharmacy
Date: 3/9/2023 - 3/9/2026
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Contact Hours: 2.0
ACPE UAN: 0384-9999-23-008-H04-T
This CPE activity has been designated as a knowledge-based program.
Goals & Objectives:
At the completion of this activity participants should be able to:
- Review how polypharmacy becomes a problem in elderly patient populations.
- Review the prevalence of polypharmacy in older adults.
- Discuss patient and system-related factors that contribute to polypharmacy.
- Discuss the consequences of polypharmacy
- Identify medications which should be used carefully in elderly populations.
- Discuss Steps to identify and deprescribe the medications posing more harm than benefit.
- Summarize the possible strategies to reduce polypharmacy.
- Implement the available screening tools to identify and assess the safety of polypharmacy
- Outline how an interprofessional team can coordinate managing polypharmacy and deprescribe medications if needed.
Release Date: 03/09/2023
Expiration Date: 03/09/2026