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STOPP/START criteria for potentially inappropriate medications/potential prescribing omissions in older people: origin and progress.
January 8, 2020
O’Mahony D. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol. 2019;13(1):15-22.
STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons' Prescriptions) and START (Screening Tool to Alert to Right Treatment) are criteria used as a tool for clinicians to review potentially inappropriate medications in older adults and have been endorsed as a best practice by some organizations. This article, written by the developer of STOPP/START, describes its history and updates, and current large-scale trials involving the use of specialty software that automates the process as a potential patient safety improvement.
