Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial: An electronic decision support system for deprescribing in hospitalized older adults was safe and led to improvements in deprescribing but did not reduce adverse drug events.

The MedSafer Study—Electronic Decision Support for Deprescribing in Hospitalized Older Adults: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Internal Medicine

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Randomized control trial found that @MedSaferTool increases #deprescribing by 22% at hospital discharge but little impact on short term adverse drug events. https://t.co/XqiSwFSPEz @DrEmilyMcD @DrToddLee @DeprescribeUS

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