Quality Prescribing Strategy for Respiratory: A Guide for Improvement 2024-2027
(2024)
Report
Anderson, D., Fardon, T., Mair, A., Korsah, P., Smith, G., Strath, A., McMahon, A., & Leitch, J. (2024). Quality Prescribing Strategy for Respiratory: A Guide for Improvement 2024-2027
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Medication without harm: policy brief (2024)
Report
Galappatthy, P., Mair, A., & Dhingra-Kumar, N. (2024). Medication without harm: policy brief. Geneva: World Health Organization
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - quality prescribing strategy: improvement guide 2024 to 2027 (2024)
Report
Mair, A., Kennon, B., Chalmers, J., Smith, G., Strath, A., McMahon, A., & Leitch, J. (2024). Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - quality prescribing strategy: improvement guide 2024 to 2027. Scottish GovernmentThis quality prescribing guide is intended to support clinicians across the multidisciplinary team and people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) in shared decision-making and the effective use of medicines, and offers practical advice and options f... Read More about Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - quality prescribing strategy: improvement guide 2024 to 2027.
Global burden of preventable medication-related harm in health care: a systematic review (2023)
Report
Panagioti, M., Hodkinson, A., Planner, C., Dhingra, N., & Gupta, N. (2023). Global burden of preventable medication-related harm in health care: a systematic review. Geneva: World Health Organization
Gaps in patient safety: Areas that need our attention (2023)
Journal Article
Wu, A. W., Vincent, C., Øvretveit, J., Mair, A., Buckle, P., Garcia Elorrio, E., Bellandi, T., Letaief, M., Ushiro, S., & Koizumi, S. (2023). Gaps in patient safety: Areas that need our attention. Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management, 28(6), 246-252. https://doi.org/10.1177/25160435231218489
Proceedings of the International Ambulatory Drug Safety Symposium: Munich, Germany, June 2023 (2023)
Journal Article
Alexander, G. C., Budnitz, D., Hughes, C., Maas, R., Mair, A., McDonald, E. G., Meid, A. D., Payne, R., Seidling, H. M., Shakir, S., Suissa, S., Tannenbaum, C., Schneeweiss, S., & Dreischulte, T. (2024). Proceedings of the International Ambulatory Drug Safety Symposium: Munich, Germany, June 2023. Drug Safety, 47(1), 103-111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40264-023-01362-9Meeting report.
Optimizing polypharmacy management in the elderly: a comprehensive European benchmarking survey and the development of an innovative online benchmarking application (2023)
Journal Article
Kardas, P., Mair, A., Stewart, D., & Lewek, P. (2023). Optimizing polypharmacy management in the elderly: a comprehensive European benchmarking survey and the development of an innovative online benchmarking application. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 14, Article 1254912. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1254912Background: Polypharmacy, defined as the simultaneous use of multiple medications by a patient, is a worldwide problem of rising prevalence. Paving the way for drug interactions, adverse drug reactions and non-adherence, it leads to negative health o... Read More about Optimizing polypharmacy management in the elderly: a comprehensive European benchmarking survey and the development of an innovative online benchmarking application.
Optimizing pharmacotherapy and deprescribing strategies in older adults living with multimorbidity and polypharmacy: EuGMS SIG on pharmacology position paper (2023)
Journal Article
van Poelgeest, E., Seppala, L., Bahat, G., Ilhan, B., Mair, A., van Marum, R., Onder, G., Ryg, J., Fernandes, M. A., Cherubini, A., Denkinger, M., Eidam, A., Egberts, A., Gudmundsson, A., Koçak, F. Ö. K., Soulis, G., Tournoy, J., Masud, T., Wehling, M., & van der Velde, N. (2023). Optimizing pharmacotherapy and deprescribing strategies in older adults living with multimorbidity and polypharmacy: EuGMS SIG on pharmacology position paper. European Geriatric Medicine, 14(6), 1195-1209. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-023-00872-0Key summary points: Aim: To summarize the literature on medication review and deprescribing in older adults, and formulate recommendations to improve prescribing medications in older, multimorbid adults with polypharmacy. Findings: Current evidence d... Read More about Optimizing pharmacotherapy and deprescribing strategies in older adults living with multimorbidity and polypharmacy: EuGMS SIG on pharmacology position paper.
Medication safety for look-alike, sound-alike medicines (2023)
Report
Galappatthy, P., Mair, A., Dhingra-Kumar, N., Häkkinen-Wu, M., Taha, A., & Takanashi, F. (2023). Medication safety for look-alike, sound-alike medicines. Geneva: World Health Organization
iSIMPATHY Evaluation Report (2023)
Book
Mair, A., Kirke, C., Scott, M., Michael, N., Kanan, Y., Law, S., Scullin, C., Fleming, G., Hyder Skinner, N., & Kyle, D. (2023). iSIMPATHY Evaluation Report
Recommendations for wider adoption of clinical pharmacy in Central and Eastern Europe in order to optimise pharmacotherapy and improve patient outcomes (2023)
Journal Article
Urbańczyk, K., Guntschnig, S., Antoniadis, V., Falamic, S., Kovacevic, T., Kurczewska-Michalak, M., Miljković, B., Olearova, A., Sviestina, I., Szucs, A., Tachkov, K., Tiszai, Z., Volmer, D., Wiela-Hojeńska, A., Fialova, D., Vlcek, J., Stuhec, M., Hogg, A., Scott, M., Stewart, D., …Kardas, P. (2023). Recommendations for wider adoption of clinical pharmacy in Central and Eastern Europe in order to optimise pharmacotherapy and improve patient outcomes. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 14, Article 1244151. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1244151Clinical pharmacy as an area of practice, education and research started developing around the 1960s when pharmacists across the globe gradually identified the need to focus more on ensuring the appropriate use of medicines to improve patient outcome... Read More about Recommendations for wider adoption of clinical pharmacy in Central and Eastern Europe in order to optimise pharmacotherapy and improve patient outcomes.
Evidence of the Impact of Interventions to Decrease Polypharmacy (2023)
Book Chapter
Mair, A. (2023). Evidence of the Impact of Interventions to Decrease Polypharmacy. In Encyclopaedia of Evidence in Pharmaceutical Public Health and Health Services Research in Pharmacy. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50247-8_146-1As many as 50% of all patients with long-term conditions are using their medicines in a way that is not fully effective. This results in suboptimal treatment of their condition and attendance or admission to hospital. There is a significant level of... Read More about Evidence of the Impact of Interventions to Decrease Polypharmacy.
Cochrane EPOC Protocol: Providing medication adherence feedback to healthcare providers. The effect on care and outcomes. Protocol for a Cochrane review update (2022)
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Hassett, R., Sabatier, B., Savoldelli, V., Mair, A., Hanley, J., Dima, A., & Paterson, R. (2022). Cochrane EPOC Protocol: Providing medication adherence feedback to healthcare providers. The effect on care and outcomes. Protocol for a Cochrane review updateThis is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (update). Background Key barriers to effectively supporting adherence include poor awareness amongst healthcare professionals (HCPs), scarce clinical tools and interventions, and suboptimal patient-provide... Read More about Cochrane EPOC Protocol: Providing medication adherence feedback to healthcare providers. The effect on care and outcomes. Protocol for a Cochrane review update.
Polypharmacy and Integrated Care (2021)
Book Chapter
Mair, A., & Alonso, A. (2021). Polypharmacy and Integrated Care. In V. Amelung, V. Stein, E. Suter, N. Goodwin, E. Nolte, & R. Balicer (Eds.), Handbook Integrated Care (453-477). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69262-9_27Safe and effective pharmacological treatment remains one of the greatest challenges in medicine, where models of healthcare delivery lag behind the enormous growth in single disease focused treatment with medicines. The implications for safe, efficie... Read More about Polypharmacy and Integrated Care.
Appropriate polypharmacy: a barometer for integrated care (2020)
Journal Article
Mair, A., Antoniadou, E., Hendry, A., & Gabrovec, B. (2021). Appropriate polypharmacy: a barometer for integrated care. Journal of Integrated Care, 29(2), 204-214. https://doi.org/10.1108/jica-04-2020-0019Purpose Polypharmacy, the concurrent use of multiple medicines by one individual, is a common and growing challenge driven by an ageing population and the growing number of people living longer with chronic conditions. Up to 11% of unplanned hospita... Read More about Appropriate polypharmacy: a barometer for integrated care.
Current evidence on the impact of medication optimization or pharmacological interventions on frailty or aspects of frailty: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (2020)
Journal Article
Pazan, F., Petrovic, M., Cherubini, A., Onder, G., Cruz-Jentoft, A. J., Denkinger, M., van der Cammen, T. J. M., Stevenson, J. M., Ibrahim, K., Rajkumar, C., Bakken, M. S., Baeyens, J., Crome, P., Frühwald, T., Gallaghar, P., Guðmundsson, A., Knol, W., O’Mahony, D., Pilotto, A., Rönnemaa, E., …Wehling, M. (2021). Current evidence on the impact of medication optimization or pharmacological interventions on frailty or aspects of frailty: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 77(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-020-02951-8Background Frailty and adverse drug effects are linked in the fact that polypharmacy is correlated with the severity of frailty; however, a causal relation has not been proven in older people with clinically manifest frailty. Methods A literatur... Read More about Current evidence on the impact of medication optimization or pharmacological interventions on frailty or aspects of frailty: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
Addressing the Challenge of Polypharmacy (2019)
Journal Article
Mair, A., Wilson, M., & Dreischulte, T. (2020). Addressing the Challenge of Polypharmacy. Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 60(1), 661-681. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-pharmtox-010919-023508Polypharmacy describes the concomitant use of multiple medicines and represents a growing global challenge attributable to aging populations with an increasing prevalence of multimorbidity. Polypharmacy can be appropriate but is problematic when the... Read More about Addressing the Challenge of Polypharmacy.
Quality Prescribing for Chronic Pain: A Guide for Improvement (2019)
Report
Chronic Pain Expert group, , & Scottish Government, . (2019). Quality Prescribing for Chronic Pain: A Guide for Improvement. Edinburgh: Scottish Government
Next-generation ARIA care pathways for rhinitis and asthma: a model for multimorbid chronic diseases (2019)
Journal Article
Bousquet, J. J., the ARIA Study Group, Schünemann, H. J., Togias, A., Erhola, M., Hellings, P. W., Zuberbier, T., Agache, I., Ansotegui, I. J., Anto, J. M., Bachert, C., Becker, S., Bedolla-Barajas, M., Bewick, M., Bosnic-Anticevich, S., Bosse, I., Boulet, L. P., Bourrez, J. M., Brusselle, G., Chavannes, N., …the MASK Study Group. (2019). Next-generation ARIA care pathways for rhinitis and asthma: a model for multimorbid chronic diseases. Clinical and Translational Allergy, 9, Article 44 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13601-019-0279-2Background In all societies, the burden and cost of allergic and chronic respiratory diseases are increasing rapidly. Most economies are struggling to deliver modern health care effectively. There is a need to support the transformation of the healt... Read More about Next-generation ARIA care pathways for rhinitis and asthma: a model for multimorbid chronic diseases.
The polypharmacy programme in Scotland: realistic prescribing (2019)
Journal Article
Mair, A., Wilson, M., & Dreischulte, T. (2019). The polypharmacy programme in Scotland: realistic prescribing. Prescriber, 30(8), 10-16. https://doi.org/10.1002/psb.1779Since 2012, NHS Scotland has published a series of polypharmacy guidelines to help clinicians address the many medication‐related problems arising from multimorbidity. Here, Alpana Mair, Chair of the guideline group, Martin Wilson and Tobias Dreischu... Read More about The polypharmacy programme in Scotland: realistic prescribing.