MedStrong - Bartlett, PharmD BCGP Donna

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Résumé :
Over 1/3 of older adults take 5 or more medications - at least one of which is unnecessary. The result? Roughly 2 million adverse drug events requiring hospitalization every year. Medications can keep us healthy and strong, and are often truly life-saving. Yet, as we age, the body naturally changes, along with its ability to absorb, metabolize, and eliminate medication. Here's the truth about aging conditions such as forgetfulness, confusion, insomnia, weakness, and falling... Many can be linked directly to overprescribing of medication. Enter MedStrong by Dr. Donna Bartlett, 25-years practicing, board-certified geriatric pharmacist. Decades of witnessing the enormous suffering and compromised quality of life wreaked by overmedication has made her a leading authority on deprescribing-the evidence-based process of reducing, switching, or stopping medications. Packed with countless real-world examples and extensive medical data and research-translated into everyday language-MedStrong is written for the healthcare consumer. You'll learn: The specific questions to ask of your healthcare provider in order to be a powerful advocate for yourself or your loved ones. The Medication Optimization Plan (MOP), a 5-step process for cleaning up and optimizing your medication list-implemented with your healthcare provider. How to minimize the Cascade Effect as when an additional medication is prescribed to address the side effects of a current one. Ready to boost the quality of your life by taking only the meds you need, and in the right doses for you? Let MedStrong be your guide to becoming an educated healthcare consumer-one empowered to create a better, healthier you!

Biographie:
Donna Bartlett, PharmD, BCGP is a Board-Certified Geriatric Pharmacist licensed in Massachusetts. She is an associate professor of pharmacy practice at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University, with a clinical rotation site at UMASSHealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster, MA. She has over 10 years' experience as a clinical pharmacist at the MCPHS University-Pharmacy Outreach Program, and over 20 years of retail experience.She has served as an active member of several committees, includinga Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee as a geriatric pharmacistspecialist, the MA Falls Prevention Coalition, and the Poison Controland Prevention Advisory Board serving MA and RI.She is a podcast host for The Senior Care Pharmacist throughthe American Society of Consultant Pharmacists and a guest of theQuality Corner Show with Pharmacy Quality Solutions. She hasshared her knowledge of medication therapy management (MTM),deprescribing, polypharmacy, geriatrics, falls prevention, medicationaccess, affordability, and adherence with various audiences, includingpatients, health-care providers, social workers, and professional,local, state, and national organizations. She has been published inpharmacy and managed-care journals. Donna and her husband havetwo children and live in Paxton, MA.

Sommaire:
Over 1/3 of older adults take 5 or more medications - at least one of which is unnecessary. The result? Roughly 2 million adverse drug events requiring hospitalization every year. Medications can keep us healthy and strong, and are often truly life-saving. Yet, as we age, the body naturally changes, along with its ability to absorb, metabolize, and eliminate medication. Here's the truth about aging conditions such as forgetfulness, confusion, insomnia, weakness, and falling... Many can be linked directly to overprescribing of medication. Enter MedStrong by Dr. Donna Bartlett, 25-years practicing, board-certified geriatric pharmacist. Decades of witnessing the enormous suffering and compromised quality of life wreaked by overmedication has made her a leading authority on deprescribing-the evidence-based process of reducing, switching, or stopping medications. Packed with countless real-world examples and extensive medical data and research-translated into everyday language-MedStrong is written for the healthcare consumer. You'll learn: The specific questions to ask of your healthcare provider in order to be a powerful advocate for yourself or your loved ones. The Medication Optimization Plan (MOP), a 5-step process for cleaning up and optimizing your medication list-implemented with your healthcare provider. How to minimize the Cascade Effect as when an additional medication is prescribed to address the side effects of a current one. Ready to boost the quality of your life by taking only the meds you need, and in the right doses for you? Let MedStrong be your guide to becoming an educated healthcare consumer-one empowered to create a better, healthier you!...