Combining Quality Improvement and Geriatrics Training: The Nursing Home Polypharmacy Outcomes Project. Kojima, G., Bell, C., L., Tamura, B., Davis, J., Inaba, M., Lorenzo, P., Blanchette, P., L., Iwasaki, W., & Masaki, K. Gerontology & geriatrics education, 5, 2014. abstract bibtex ABSTRACT To examine sustained effects of an educational intervention, we repeated a successful quality improvement (QI) project on medication safety and cost-effectiveness. In October 2007 and August 2008, facility leadership and geriatrics faculty identified all patients receiving >/=9 medications (polypharmacy cohort) in a 170-bed teaching nursing home and taught Geriatric Medicine fellows (n=12 in 2007, 11 in 2008) to: 1) systematically collect medication data; 2) generate medication recommendations (stop, taper, or continue) based on expert criteria (Beers Criteria) or drug-drug interaction programs; 3) discuss recommendations with patients' attending physicians; and 4) implement approved recommendations. Over the two projects, the polypharmacy cohorts demonstrated decreased potentially inappropriate medications (odds ratio (OR) 0.78, 95% confidence interval (95%CI)0.69-0.88, p<0.001), contraindicated medications (OR=0.63, 95%CI=0.47-0.85, p=0.002) and medication costs (OR=0.97, 95%CI=0.96-0.99, p<0.001). Our findings suggest that programs planning educational QI projects for trainees may benefit from a multi-year approach to maximize both clinical and educational benefits.
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