August 20, 2009Circulation Heart FailureOpen Access

The Effectiveness of Collaborative Medicine Reviews in Delaying Time to Next Hospitalization for Patients With Heart Failure in the Practice Setting

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Why the study?

Does a general practitioner-pharmacist collaborative home medication review reduce time to next hospitalization for heart failure in older veterans with heart failure?

Population

5,717 veterans aged 65 years and older receiving bisoprolol, carvedilol, or metoprolol succinate for heart…

Comparison

General practitioner-pharmacist collaborative… vs No collaborative home medication review.

Design

Cohort

Authors

ERElizabeth E. RougheadThe University of Adelaide JBJohn D. BarrattWellbeing of Women EREmmae RamsayThe University of Adelaide

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Implication

Home medicines review was associated with lower HF hospitalization rates in older veterans; leaves open whether randomized trials will confirm benefit.

Structured PICO

Does a general practitioner-pharmacist collaborative home medication review reduce time to next hospitalization for heart failure in older veterans with heart failure?

Population

5,717 veterans aged 65 years and older receiving bisoprolol, carvedilol, or metoprolol succinate for heart failure, average age 81.6 years.

Intervention

General practitioner-pharmacist collaborative home medication review (physician referral, home visit by an accredited pharmacist to identify medication-related problems, and a pharmacist report with follow-up undertaken by the physician).

Comparator

No collaborative home medication review (unexposed patients).

Outcome

Time until next hospitalization for heart failure.hard clinical

A collaborative home medication review by a general practitioner and pharmacist significantly reduces the rate of heart failure hospitalizations in older veterans treated with heart failure medications.

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Roughead et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1d62fa33e2df9c962f6e64 https://doi.org/10.1161/circheartfailure.109.861013

Topics

Heart failure HFrEF treatment Heart failure hospitalization

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Home medicines review was associated with lower HF hospitalization rates in older veterans; leaves open whether randomized trials will confirm benefit.

The Effectiveness of Collaborative Medicine Reviews in Delaying Time to Next Hospitalization for Patients With Heart Failure in the Practice Setting

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The Effectiveness of Collaborative Medicine Reviews in Delaying Time to Next Hospitalization for Patients With Heart Failure in the Practice Setting

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