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Evaluation of effectiveness and safety of pharmacist independent prescribers in care homes: cluster randomised controlled trial.

Holland R, Bond C, Alldred DP, L, et al. Evaluation of effectiveness and safety of pharmacist independent prescribers in care homes: cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2023;380:e071883. 10.1136/bmj-2022-071883

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March 1, 2023
Holland R, Bond CM, Alldred DP, et al. BMJ. 2023;380:e071883.
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Careful medication management in long-term care residents is associated with improved hospital readmission rates and reduced fall rates. In the UK, pharmacist independent prescribers (PIP) can initiate, change, or monitor medications, and this cluster randomized controlled trial evaluated the effect of PIPs on fall rates. After six months of PIP involvement, fall rates (the primary outcome) were not statistically different than the usual care group, although drug burden was reduced.

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Holland R, Bond C, Alldred DP, L, et al. Evaluation of effectiveness and safety of pharmacist independent prescribers in care homes: cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2023;380:e071883. 10.1136/bmj-2022-071883

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