Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are common among older adults living in residential care facilities. This study examined the impact of the Australian Residential Medication Management Review (RMMR) service (a patient-centered medication review program) on PIM prescribing among older women living in residential aged care facilities. Researchers identified no evidence of an association between the medication review program and use of PIMs in the following year.

Pharmacist oversight of medication prescribing is an established safety strategy. This review explores the impact of pharmacists on reducing inappropriate polypharmacy in aged care facilities and the cost-effectiveness of this risk management strategy to substantiate the value of the practice.