Impact of Clinical Pharmacy Specialists on the Design and Implementation of a Quality Improvement Initiative to Decrease Inappropriate Medications in a Veterans Affairs Emergency Department
Moss JM, Bryan WE, Wilkerson LM, Jackson GL, Owenby RK, Van Houtven C, Stevens MB, Powers JS, Vaughan CP, Hung WW, Hwang U, Markland AD, McGwin G, Hastings SN. Impact of Clinical Pharmacy Specialists on the Design and Implementation of a Quality Improvement Initiative to Decrease Inappropriate Medications in a Veterans Affairs Emergency Department. Journal Of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy 2016, 22: 10.18553/jmcp.2016.22.1.74. PMID: 27015054, PMCID: PMC10397930, DOI: 10.18553/jmcp.2016.22.1.74.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical pharmacy specialistsVeterans Affairs emergency departmentPIM prescribingEmergency departmentQuality improvement initiativesPIM ratesAcademic detailingED providersPharmacy specialistsRate of PIMInappropriate medication useQI projectOlder adult patientsImprovement initiativesVA Medical CenterComputerized patient record systemHealth care systemBeers criteriaPIM prescriptionInappropriate medicationsAdult patientsMedication usePrescribing practicesProvider educationMedical Center