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From pharmaco-therapy to pharmaco-prevention: trends in prescribing to older adults in Ontario, Canada, 1997-2006Jana M Bajcar
Primary Care Research Unit, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Ave, Room E3 49, Toronto, ON M4N3M5, Canada
BMC Fam Pract 11:75. 2010..Despite these significant trends, little is known about population-level prescribing patterns to primary care patients aged 65+...
Collaborative medication management in a team-based primary care practice: an explanatory conceptual frameworkJana M Bajcar
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Res Social Adm Pharm 1:408-29. 2005..The roles and functions of these individuals can be difficult to define, because of a lack of a common ground for discussion. Deliberating the topic is important for developing a team approach to medication management...
Task analysis of patients' medication-taking practice and the role of making sense: a grounded theory studyJana Bajcar
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Res Social Adm Pharm 2:59-82. 2006..Patients on long-term medications have varied medication-taking practices and complex and often unmet medication information needs...
Teaching pharmacotherapeutics to family medicine residents: a curriculumJana Bajcar
University of Toronto, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, 144 College St, Toronto, ON M5S 2S2
Can Fam Physician 54:549, 549.e1-6. 2008..Medication prescribing is becoming increasingly complex, and the need for formal curricula in pharmacotherapeutics and medication prescribing in accredited family medicine residency programs has been advocated...
Association of ICU or hospital admission with unintentional discontinuation of medications for chronic diseasesChaim M Bell
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, Keenan Research Centre in Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
JAMA 306:840-7. 2011..The intensive care unit (ICU) may pose an even greater risk because of the focus on acute events and the presence of multiple transitions in care...
I Can PresCribE A Drug: mnemonic-based teaching of rational prescribingKarl Iglar
Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, and the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Fam Med 39:236-40. 2007
A systematic review of interventions to improve diabetes care in socially disadvantaged populationsRichard H Glazier
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St Michael s Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Diabetes Care 29:1675-88. 2006..To identify and synthesize evidence about the effectiveness of patient, provider, and health system interventions to improve diabetes care among socially disadvantaged populations...
Roles and responsibilities of pharmacists with respect to natural health products: key informant interviewsShade Olatunde
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, 144 College Street, Room 635, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3M2, Canada
Res Social Adm Pharm 6:63-9. 2010..Although many pharmacies sell natural health products (NHPs), there is no clear definition as to the roles and responsibilities (if any) of pharmacists with respect to these products...
Sensitivity of patient outcomes to pharmacist interventions. Part II: Systematic review and meta-analysis in hypertension managementMarcio Machado
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ann Pharmacother 41:1770-81. 2007..Hypertension is a major health concern worldwide due to its deleterious impact. Few studies have quantitatively assessed pharmacists' interventions in hypertensive patients...
Sensitivity of patient outcomes to pharmacist interventions. Part III: systematic review and meta-analysis in hyperlipidemia managementMarcio Machado
Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment Collaborative, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ann Pharmacother 42:1195-207. 2008..Multidisciplinary interventions, including those performed by pharmacists, are important for improving patients' outcomes...
Drug-related problems on hospital admission: relationship to medication information transferStephanie W Ong
Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada
Ann Pharmacother 40:408-13. 2006..Improved communication is required at medication information transfer interfaces to prevent these DRPs...
The EMITT study: development and evaluation of a medication information transfer toolAnnemarie Cesta
Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada
Ann Pharmacother 40:1074-81. 2006..It is envisioned that the elements of our tool can be easily adapted to other institutions to improve medication information transfer...
Pharmacist medication assessments in a surgical preadmission clinicYvonne Kwan
Inpatient Pharmacy Department, Toronto General Hospital, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4
Arch Intern Med 167:1034-40. 2007....
