Donna Bartlett @DonnaBartlett1
PharmD, BCGP, FASCP Professor of Pharmacy Practice- MCPHS University Author MedStrong donnabartlett.com Joined October 2011-
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Estimated National Cost of Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgery in ... : Obstetrics & Gynecology journals.lww.com/greenjournal/a… Not only are meds costly with the aging population, but take a look at this article. So please @FLOTUS and @mariashriver have highlighted #womenshealth
Absolutely love that exercise is for everyone and you can start at any age! Love teaming up with OTs and PTs to review patient meds too for better exercise outcomes. Important to #Deprescribe to #Exercise as it is difficult to do so if #overmedicated. #MedStrong
Absolutely love that exercise is for everyone and you can start at any age! Love teaming up with OTs and PTs to review patient meds too for better exercise outcomes. Important to #Deprescribe to #Exercise as it is difficult to do so if #overmedicated. #MedStrong
Great counseling points too for patients and #caregivers. #Deprescribe to Optimize and reduce adverse side effects. #MedStrong
Great counseling points too for patients and #caregivers. #Deprescribe to Optimize and reduce adverse side effects. #MedStrong
I love that National Assisted Living Week is followed by Falls Prevention Awareness Week! Let’s keep our #olderadults strong and upright! Suggest medication reviews and #deprescribing unnecessary and inappropriate meds. Be #MedStrong ! @rph_ally @NCOAging @AARP @MassDPH @ASCPharm
Can’t agree more! Medications may need to be #deprescribed to get folks moving though. If someone is overmedicated moving may be difficult at best #deprescribetoexercise ! I think this may become a trending # ! Be #MedStrong @rph_ally @ASCPharm @AARP @AARPMA @ExercisingWell
Can’t agree more! Medications may need to be #deprescribed to get folks moving though. If someone is overmedicated moving may be difficult at best #deprescribetoexercise ! I think this may become a trending # ! Be #MedStrong @rph_ally @ASCPharm @AARP @AARPMA @ExercisingWell
Widespread Prescribing of Stimulants With Other CNS Meds. - so important to not ignore the CNS meds when #deprescribing. This study highlights #prescribingcascades . #Deprescribe to Optimize - #MedStrong @rph_ally medscape.com/viewarticle/99…
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing this concept. Makes perfect sense, and gets others onboard. #Deprescribing #MedStrong
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing this concept. Makes perfect sense, and gets others onboard. #Deprescribing #MedStrong
Continuing the conversation of #Deprescribing to Optimize meds in older adults. Great conference @PleasantValley0 at the 25th Annual Kathy Airoldi Nursing Seminar with over 220 ASAP #nurses for #NurseAppreciationWeek Honored to be the speaker #MedStrong @rph_ally
PODCAST: Deprescribing Antihypertensives in Older Adults donnabartlett.com/podcast-depres…
PODCAST: Building Demand for Deprescribing Expertise: Pharmacists as Deprescribing Care Coordinators donnabartlett.com/podcast-buildi…
PODCAST: Pharmacist Identification of Older Patients’ Priorities in a Home-Based Primary Care Program donnabartlett.com/podcast-pharma…
PODCAST: Looking Forward: Disruptive Shifts in Population Health Present Opportunities for Pharmacy donnabartlett.com/podcast-lookin…
See this way too often! But providers are becoming more likely to deprescribe the cascade meds and change to an appropriate med for the pt. Keep deprescribing to optimize meds! Be #MedStrong
See this way too often! But providers are becoming more likely to deprescribe the cascade meds and change to an appropriate med for the pt. Keep deprescribing to optimize meds! Be #MedStrong
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day: April 22, 2023 donnabartlett.com/national-presc…
Thank you @PharmacyQuality for bringing this back! Definitely worth a listen as deprescribing never gets old! I tell my students that all the time as we make #deprescribing recommendations regularly! Be #MedStrong. Check out my #deprescribingChannel @rph_ally #acburden #frailty
Thank you @PharmacyQuality for bringing this back! Definitely worth a listen as deprescribing never gets old! I tell my students that all the time as we make #deprescribing recommendations regularly! Be #MedStrong. Check out my #deprescribingChannel @rph_ally #acburden #frailty
Agree! We started to document actual scores of #polypharmacy #anticholinergicburden and #frailty on cases and recommendations for prescribers. Having the scores present is powerful in bringing awareness and action to deprescribe. Let’s lower these scores for better outcomes.
Agree! We started to document actual scores of #polypharmacy #anticholinergicburden and #frailty on cases and recommendations for prescribers. Having the scores present is powerful in bringing awareness and action to deprescribe. Let’s lower these scores for better outcomes.
Reducing #polypharmacy can improve #anticholonergicburden which can then improve #frailtyscores and improve one’s #qualityoflife - Now that’s a #deprescribingcascade worth trying!
Reducing #polypharmacy can improve #anticholonergicburden which can then improve #frailtyscores and improve one’s #qualityoflife - Now that’s a #deprescribingcascade worth trying!
Right there with you DeLon @GeriatRx Much work to be done. So many meds to #deprescribe. Let’s DO this! Deprescribe to Optimize - and be #MedStrong
Right there with you DeLon @GeriatRx Much work to be done. So many meds to #deprescribe. Let’s DO this! Deprescribe to Optimize - and be #MedStrong
What an amazing week. I first had the opportunity to speak to an older adult community at The Outlook University, then provided CME for physicians @bethisraellahey and last a program for PTs @CentralMassPT - Let’s keep the conversation of #deprescribing going! #MedStrong
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22 Followers 75 Following Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. Interested in deprescribing and care of older people with multiple morbiditiesJames B. Ray ☮️�.. @Rxpalli8r
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154 Followers 163 Following Training pharmacopalliation experts @UIPharmacyRobin Conibere @PharmRJ
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595 Followers 1K Following Find the Solution. Be the Solution. Helping Pharmacists Rise. Get connected to share knowledge and support the profession. Proud supporter of #PizzaIsNotWorkingAdam Gordon @adamgordon1978
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178 Followers 391 Following Author Maybe It’s Your Medications. Passionate about promoting safe and effective medication use. Geriatric specialist pharmacist. Views are my own.Lee Lindquist @LeeLindquistMD
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76 Followers 96 Following The Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging is the focal point for research, education, and clinical initiatives in geriatric pharmacotherapy at UMB.OPTIMATE_UCC @OPTIMATE_UCC
348 Followers 925 Following Multicentre medication adjustment trial aiming to reduce hospital readmission and emergency department attendance in multimorbid older people @hrbireland fundedMadho, MD @MadhoMal128
1K Followers 4K Following match applicant ( AAMC ID: 15838408) Looking for post doc research.Kelly Freeman @KellyFreemanNP
150 Followers 1K FollowingGrace Chen, MD @GraceChenMD
770 Followers 780 Following Clinical Chief of Geriatrics at UCLA | Clinician Educator | Interests: Age-friendly care; dementia; DEI | Views my own | she/herDuxbury Senior Center @DuxSeniorCtr
740 Followers 535 Following Community focal point with outreach, support, education, fitness and wellness programs, transportation, nutrition & a social day program. Live well, age well.Kelly Freeman @KellyFreemanNP
150 Followers 1K FollowingDanijela Gnjidic @DanijelaGnjidic
724 Followers 579 Following Associate Professor | The University of Sydney School of Pharmacy | Faculty of Medicine and Health | Editor @BritJClinPharm |Cynthia Richard @Richard1Cynthia
857 Followers 816 Following Pharmacy educator at UW Pharmacy. Displaced Maritimer. Tweets are my own.Shawn Gill @drshawngill
11 Followers 27 Following Clinical PharmD. Focused on #PreventiveMedicine and #Deprescribing. Build a community, Understand the world, Discipline in action, seek out Stillness. #BUDSStrength For Life @Strength4_Life
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395 Followers 535 Following Senior lecturer in Therapeutics and Pharmacy Practice at the @UTAS_ | #QualityUseofMedicines researcher | Views are my ownDebi Bhattacharya @DebiBhattachar
505 Followers 273 Following Professor of Behavioural Medicine. primary care #pharmacist #BehaviouralScience, #MedicationAdherence, #Implementation, #deprescribingBarbara Farrell @BarbFarrell8T6
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5 Followers 33 FollowingGavin Ronaldson @gavinronaldson
325 Followers 880 Following | Hospital Pharmacist | ACP | Frailty & Polypharmacy | he/him 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺Lee Lindquist @LeeLindquistMD
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242 Followers 808 Following Media relations staffer for the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo.Interested in the truth wherever I can find it.Ian Weissman, DO @DrIanWeissman
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956 Followers 848 Following Educating about the need to prevent one of Canada's leading causes of death - adverse drug reactions, via #pharmacogenomics & data collection🧬Jeff Kullgren @JeffKullgren
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679 Followers 934 Following postdoctoral fellow @C4HDS @BrighamWomens @HarvardMed | 🇨🇭based in 🇺🇸 | medication use in older adults💊 | #deprescribing #polypharmacy | she/her/DrLisa Kouladjian O'Don.. @lisakouladjian
1K Followers 878 Following Dr Lisa Kouladjian O'Donnell 🇦🇺 🇦🇲 pharmacist & researcher - researching effective medication management for older adults. All views my own. #DeprescribingVery much looking forward to the 2024 International Conference on Deprescribing! 💊💊 Happy holidays to all deprescribers around the ✨🌎, and see you in France next year! 🇫🇷
📣 Attention Deprescribers! 📣 The call for abstracts for the ICOD2 is open! We are welcoming original research, clinical pearls and workshop proposals for this issue. 👉🏻 Please connect on icod2.sciencesconf.org for more information, and submit before February 29th, 2024! 🥳
⚠️When #deprescribing, some meds must be gradually tapered to avoid harmful withdrawal symptoms! This @BHAMMedicalNews article shares a patient’s painful experience of abruptly stopping a PPI, highlighting a need for better communication in healthcare: tinyurl.com/yrrynmtr
The 2nd International Conference on #Deprescribing are now accepting proposals for original research, “clinical pearls” and workshops. Conference will be in Nantes, France 🇫🇷 🥖 26-27th September
📣 Attention Deprescribers! 📣 The call for abstracts for the ICOD2 is open! We are welcoming original research, clinical pearls and workshop proposals for this issue. 👉🏻 Please connect on icod2.sciencesconf.org for more information, and submit before February 29th, 2024! 🥳
😍 International Deprescribers, we are welcoming you in Nantes in September 2024, and the call for abstracts is open! Share your valuable work with the whole community, whether it is research or clinical feedbacks 🤓
📣 Attention Deprescribers! 📣 The call for abstracts for the ICOD2 is open! We are welcoming original research, clinical pearls and workshop proposals for this issue. 👉🏻 Please connect on icod2.sciencesconf.org for more information, and submit before February 29th, 2024! 🥳
On this #InternationalDayofOlderPersons, we are raising awareness that older adults are at high risk of medication-related harm. Our goal at deprescribing.org is to improve well being by supporting clinicians and the public to #deprescribe using our co-designed tools!
One man turned nursing home design on its head when he created this stunning facility upworthy.com/one-man-turned… by @Upworthy #architecture #design #Alzheimers #dementia
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A pilot program in Canada provides subsidized rent for college students in exchange for helping older adults, who otherwise would be living alone, with chores and sharing meals. theglobeandmail.com/canada/british… #Alzheimers #dementia #mentalhealth #housing
"Most people believe #frailty is inevitable & irreversible. This clinical trial showed that a simple, low-cost, home-based intervention can reverse frailty and significantly improve muscle strength, bone mass, activity levels and slowness in 3 months." bgs.org.uk/blog/twenty-mi…
Dr. Brandt is excited to represent the Lamy Center at The Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2023 this week in Amsterdam! #AAIC23
I am so grateful to work with this team! @JHGeriatrics
That magical moment when the 4 clinician educators in the @JHGeriatrics division are in the same place at the same time. 🪄 💫 ⚡️ ❤️ I am grateful to work with & learn from such badass & inspiring women. #thisisgeriatrics
To stop their condition getting worse,people with Parkinson's need their meds on time - every time Nipped into base to collect some valuable @ParkinsonsUK resources Available on their website Really supportive for care homes #pharmacytechnicians #supportcarehomes❤️🏡
Do you want to understand more about anticholinergic burden and why it’s such a worry when prescribing for older people? Join our Wessex Anticholinergic Burden Masterclass (ABM) masterclass Wed 28 Jun 12 - 1:30 pm buff.ly/3CgD6wR #PrimaryCare #pharmacy
Opinion: Why aren’t doctors telling patients these simple ways to reduce the risk of #dementia? cnn.com/2023/05/12/opi… #Alzheimers #health #publichealth
Sometimes, carers who are most in need of respite are so mentally exhausted that they struggle to think of what to do when they get a break. We can help each other and ourselves. #Alzheimers #dementia #mentalhealth
By working to eat a rainbow of colors, you are going to get phytonutrients, anti-oxidants, vitamins, and minerals. How many different color foods did you consume today? 🍇🥕🍏🥬🍌🍓🍊🍍🍉 #nutrition #Health #Healthylifestyle #lifestylemedicine #Healthy
What amazing news to wake up to! Thank you @GrahamStretch for being the amazing orator & leader that was needed here Wonderful example of how a community comes together to raise excellent points to help to maintain and improve patient safety #globaldementiaburden #QualityofLife
Oxybutynin news: @MHRApress “After taking on board the views of the many patients and healthcare professionals who responded, we have decided to refuse the reclassification of Aquiette 2.5mg Tablets for women with symptoms of overactive bladder (OAB).” gov.uk/government/new…
Oxybutynin is probably the one drug I never prescribe. Considering making it available over the counter was lunacy. A win for the good guys. gov.uk/government/new…
Deprescribing.org leadership team at #ChoosingWisely2023 @pharmacist_lisa @wadddee