All Outputs (49)

Polypharmacy and Adherence: Key Components of Integrated Care Findings from the SIMPATHY Project (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mair, A., McIntosh, J., Codina, C., Molist, N., & Alonso, A. Polypharmacy and Adherence: Key Components of Integrated Care Findings from the SIMPATHY Project. Presented at 16th International Conference on Integrated Care, Barcelona, Spain

Context, aims and objectives: As many as half of all patients with chronic conditions are using their medicines in a way that is not fully effective, resulting in sub-optimal treatment and subsequent increases in hospitalisations and emergency depart... Read More about Polypharmacy and Adherence: Key Components of Integrated Care Findings from the SIMPATHY Project.

Guidance to manage inappropriate polypharmacy in older people: systematic review and future developments (2016)
Journal Article
Lewek, P., MacLure, K., McIntosh, J., Alonso, A., Kardas, P., Wilson, M., Mair, A., & Stewart, D. (2016). Guidance to manage inappropriate polypharmacy in older people: systematic review and future developments. Expert Opinion on Drug Safety, 16(2), 203-213. https://doi.org/10.1080/14740338.2017.1265503

Introduction: Single disease state led evidence-based guidelines do not provide sufficient coverage of issues of multimorbidities, with the cumulative impact of recommendations often resulting in overwhelming medicines burden. Inappropriate polypharm... Read More about Guidance to manage inappropriate polypharmacy in older people: systematic review and future developments.

Polypharmacy management: an under recognized public health issue (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McIntosh, J., Alonso, A., Codina, C., & Mair, A. (2016). Polypharmacy management: an under recognized public health issue. European Journal of Public Health, 26(suppl_1), https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckw174.050

Background Multiple chronic diseases in individuals increase the risk of inappropriate polypharmacy, an under recognised public health issue. SIMPATHY (Stimulating Innovation Management of Polypharmacy and Adherence in The Elderly) aims to develop c... Read More about Polypharmacy management: an under recognized public health issue.

Scaling up strategies of the chronic respiratory disease programme of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (Action Plan B3: Area 5) (2016)
Journal Article
Bousquet, J., Farrell, J., Crooks, G., Hellings, P., Bel, E. H., Bewick, M., Chavannes, N. H., Mair, A., & Mercier, J. (2016). Scaling up strategies of the chronic respiratory disease programme of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (Action Plan B3: Area 5). Clinical and Translational Allergy, 6, Article 29 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13601-016-0116-9

Action Plan B3 of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA) focuses on the integrated care of chronic diseases. Area 5 (Care Pathways) was initiated using chronic respiratory diseases as a model. The chronic respir... Read More about Scaling up strategies of the chronic respiratory disease programme of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (Action Plan B3: Area 5).

Prescribing to fit the needs of older people – the NHS Scotland Polypharmacy Guidance, 2nd edition (2015)
Journal Article
Wilson, M., Mair, A., Dreischulte, T., & Witham, M. (2015). Prescribing to fit the needs of older people – the NHS Scotland Polypharmacy Guidance, 2nd edition. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 45(2), 108-113. https://doi.org/10.4997/jrcpe.2015.204

Polypharmacy: Manage Medicines App (2015)
Digital Artefact
Mair, A. (2015). Polypharmacy: Manage Medicines App. [App]

Integrated care pathways for airway diseases (AIRWAYS-ICPs) (2014)
Journal Article
Bousquet, J., Addis, A., Adcock, I., Agache, I., Agusti, A., Alonso, A., …Zuberbier, T. (2014). Integrated care pathways for airway diseases (AIRWAYS-ICPs). European Respiratory Journal, 44(2), 304-323. https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.00014614

Prescription For Excellence (2013)
Report
Scottish Government. (2013). Prescription For Excellence. Edinburgh: Scottish Government

Policy document setting out the vision for pharmacy. A vision and action plan for the future of NHS pharmaceutical care in Scotland through integrated partnerships and innovation.

Prescribing and Safety Monitoring in Elderly Care
Book Chapter
Mair, A., Mair, A., Hilmer, S., & Kouladjian O’Donnell, L. (in press). Prescribing and Safety Monitoring in Elderly Care. In Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety in Clinical Practice. Springer