OBJECTIVE: To develop and pilot-test a model in which a community-based clinical pharmacist was incorporated as part of a Medicare Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) to make deprescribing recommendations targeted at potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in seniors. SETTING: A family medicine patient-centered medical home (PCMH) clinic in Buffalo, NY. PRACTICE DESCRIPTION: Implementation and evaluation of a pilot program incorporating a pharmacist-provided medication review targeting PIMs in seniors as part of a Medicare AWV. PRACTICE INNOVATION: A community pharmacy-based clinical pharmacist provided face-to-face medication reviews for patients older than 65 years as part of their AWV with a focus on deprescribing PIMs. No clinical pharmacy service existed at the practice when this program was implemented. EVALUATION: Identified PIMs, pharmacist recommendations, recommendation acceptance rate, time spent on intervention, health care utilization at 6 months postvisit, and barriers to implementation. RESULTS: Of the 21 patients enrolled, 13 unique patients received a total of 20 deprescribing recommendations from the pharmacist. The overall acceptance rate for pharmacist recommendations was 20%. The pharmacist spent a mean (± SD) of 34 (± 6) minutes per patient encounter. One patient in the intervention group was hospitalized, and 1 was seen in the emergency department (ED) during the 6-month follow-up period compared with 1 patient in the control group who had an ED visit. We identified multiple logistical and organizational barriers to the implementation of the intervention. CONCLUSION: In this prospective pilot study, a workflow to include a pharmacist medication review to facilitate deprescribing in the primary care setting was tested. We encountered several barriers to integrating the pharmacist into the AWV workflow to deliver the intervention. Future pragmatic clinical trials are warranted to improve provider awareness and comfort with deprescribing PIMs in seniors.
OBJECTIVE: To develop and pilot-test a model in which a community-based clinical pharmacist was incorporated as part of a Medicare Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) to make deprescribing recommendations targeted at potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in seniors. SETTING: A family medicine patient-centered medical home (PCMH) clinic in Buffalo, NY. PRACTICE DESCRIPTION: Implementation and evaluation of a pilot program incorporating a pharmacist-provided medication review targeting PIMs in seniors as part of a Medicare AWV. PRACTICE INNOVATION: A community pharmacy-based clinical pharmacist provided face-to-face medication reviews for patients older than 65 years as part of their AWV with a focus on deprescribing PIMs. No clinical pharmacy service existed at the practice when this program was implemented. EVALUATION: Identified PIMs, pharmacist recommendations, recommendation acceptance rate, time spent on intervention, health care utilization at 6 months postvisit, and barriers to implementation. RESULTS: Of the 21 patients enrolled, 13 unique patients received a total of 20 deprescribing recommendations from the pharmacist. The overall acceptance rate for pharmacist recommendations was 20%. The pharmacist spent a mean (± SD) of 34 (± 6) minutes per patient encounter. One patient in the intervention group was hospitalized, and 1 was seen in the emergency department (ED) during the 6-month follow-up period compared with 1 patient in the control group who had an ED visit. We identified multiple logistical and organizational barriers to the implementation of the intervention. CONCLUSION: In this prospective pilot study, a workflow to include a pharmacist medication review to facilitate deprescribing in the primary care setting was tested. We encountered several barriers to integrating the pharmacist into the AWV workflow to deliver the intervention. Future pragmatic clinical trials are warranted to improve provider awareness and comfort with deprescribing PIMs in seniors.
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