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0106_SHVGR_Depresribing Medications for Older Adults_Live
Course Description:
Are all medications elderly patients take necessary? Is there value in deprescribing medications for older aged individuals and is it beneficial to patient? This presentation addresses some of these fundamental questions and addresses challenges health care providers might face when deprescribing. Identification of strategies to implement beneficial deprescribing will also be discussed.
Target Audience
Nurse Practitioner (NP)
Nurse, Registered (RN)
Pharmacists (PharmD)
Physicians (MD or DO)
Physician Assistant (PA)
Other Healthcare Professionals
Students of Health Professions
Learning Objectives
After completion of this activity, learners should be able to:
• Summarize goal of deprescribing and how it may benefit older aged patients and their families
. • Identify evidence-based strategies to deprescribe commonly used drug classes in older aged populations such as statins, antihypertensives, aspirin, and PPIs.
• Integrate these deprescribing strategies into clinical practice.
Culturally Appropriate Care which is Free of Implicit Biases (AB 1195 & 241):
Learners are strongly encouraged to engage in self-directed learning related to the impact of implicit biases in this clinical area via the references provided below:
- Resnick B, Galik E, Boltz M, Holmes S, Fix S, Vigne E, Zhu S, Lewis R. Polypharmacy in Assisted Living and Impact on Clinical Outcomes. Consult Pharm. 2018 Jun 1;33(6):321-330. doi: 10.4140/TCP.n.2018.321. PMID: 29880094; PMCID: PMC6311411. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29880094/
- Saeed D, Carter G, Parsons C. Interventions to improve medicines optimisation in frail older patients in secondary and acute care settings: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials and non-randomised studies. Int J Clin Pharm. 2022 Feb;44(1):15-26. doi: 10.1007/s11096-021-01354-8. Epub 2021 Nov 20. PMID: 34800255; PMCID: PMC8866367. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34800255/
- Crutzen, S., Baas, G., Abou, J., van den Born-Bondt, T., Hugtenburg, J., Bouvy, M., Heringa, M., Taxis, K., & Denig, P. (2020). Barriers and enablers of older patients to deprescribing cardiometabolic medication: A focus group study. Frontiers in Pharmacology; 11:1268. Doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.01268. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7468428/
Disclosure of Financial or In-Kind Commercial Support & Conflict of Interest
Sophia Humphreys, a planning team member for this activity, receives honoraria form Pharmacosmos for her role consulting on the IV Iron Consensus paper which was deemed not relevant to this activity’s topic. Further, she has recently ended financial relationships with the following ineligible companies: Coherus Bioscience (ended 11/2021), Fresenius Kabi (ended 10/2022), and Heron (ended 10/2022).
No one else involved in the planning or presentation of this educational activity have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. No financial or in-kind commercial support was received to produce or promote this educational activity.
– Provider Designee/Verification: Kerri Maya, PhD (c), MSL, RN, NPD-BC
Woody Chang, BA, MD
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Designation Statement
Sutter Health designates this LIVE activity for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for physicians, 0.50 continuing professional development contact hours for nurses, and 0.50 knowledge-based contact hours for pharmacists. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Note to Other Disciplines: AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Continuing Medical Education is acceptable for meeting the continuing education requirements for Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Registered Nurses, and Respiratory Care Practitioners. For other disciplines, please check with the regulatory board for your discipline to confirm what type of credits meet the continuing education requirements. Continuing education hours for nurses accredited by ANCC, via Joint Accreditation.
Attendance & Credit Claiming
Text the 6-letter attendance verification code to (916) 866-7913 to claim credit.
Available Credit
- 0.50 ACPE
In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 0.50 of ACPE credit(s). Credits for pharmacists and technicians will be transmitted to CPE Monitor and will be available within 60 days post-activity pending submission of individual NABP e-PID and DOB (mm/dd only). Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for physicians. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Hour(s)
In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Sutter Health certifies this Live activity was designated for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Hour(s). Non-physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 0.50 ANCC
In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This course/program has been awarded 0.50 ANCC contact hour(s). Sutter Health is accredited provider of nursing continuing professional development. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 0.50 IPCE
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 0.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
