Use of an Electronic Clinical Decision Support System in Primary Care to Assess Inappropriate Polypharmacy in Young Seniors With Multimorbidity: Observational, Descriptive, Cross-sectional Study

• Published in: JMIR medical informatics Vol. 8; no. 3; p. e14130
• Main Authors: Rogero-Blanco, Eloisa, López-Rodríguez, Juan A, Sanz-Cuesta, Teresa, Aza-Pascual-Salcedo, Mercedes, Bujalance-Zafra, M Jose, Cura-González, Isabel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada JMIR Publications 03.03.2020
• Subjects: Chronic illnesses; Classification; Comorbidity; Cross-sectional studies; Emergency services; Institutionalization; Life expectancy; Normal distribution; Older people; Patients; Polypharmacy; Population; Primary care; Sociodemographics; Variables; United States > US; Spain; multimorbidity; primary care; potentially inappropriate medication list; clinical decision support systems; polypharmacy

Multimorbidity is a global health problem that is usually associated with polypharmacy, which increases the risk of potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP). PIP entails higher hospitalization rates and mortality and increased usage of services provided by the health system. Tools exist to improv...