• Interdisciplinary collaboration across secondary and primary care to improve medication safety in the elderly (The IMMENSE study) – a randomized controlled trial 

      Johansen, Jeanette Schultz; Halvorsen, Kjell H.; Svendsen, Kristian; Havnes, Kjerstin; Robinson, Eirin Guldsten; Wetting, Hilde Ljones; Haustreis, Stine; Småbrekke, Lars; Kamycheva, Elena; Garcia, Beate Hennie (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-26)
      <b><p>Background</b> Suboptimal medication use contributes to a substantial proportion of hospitalizations and emergency department visits in older adults. We designed a clinical pharmacist intervention to optimize medication therapy in older hospitalized patients. Based on the integrated medicine management (IMM) model, the 5-step IMMENSE intervention comprise medication reconciliation, medication ...
    • Interdisciplinary collaboration across secondary and primary care to improve medication safety in the elderly (IMMENSE study): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial 

      Johansen, Jeanette Schultz; Havnes, Kjerstin; Halvorsen, Kjell H.; Haustreis, Stine-Mari; Skaue, Lillann Wilsgård; Kamycheva, Elena; Mathiesen, Liv; Viktil, Kirsten Kilvik; Granås, Anne Gerd; Garcia, Beate Hennie (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-23)
      <p><i>Introduction:</i> Drug-related problems (DRPs) are common in the elderly, leading to suboptimal therapy, hospitalisations and increased mortality. The integrated medicines management (IMM) model is a multifactorial interdisciplinary methodology aiming to optimise individual medication therapy throughout the hospital stay. IMM has been shown to reduce readmissions and drug-related hospital ...
    • Interdisciplinary collaboration across secondary and primary care to improve medication safety in the elderly (The IMMENSE study) – a randomized controlled trial 

      Johansen, Jeanette Schultz; Halvorsen, Kjell H.; Svendsen, Kristian; Havnes, Kjerstin; Robinson, Eirin Guldsten; Ljones Wetting, Hilde; Haustreis, Stine; Småbrekke, Lars; Kamycheva, Elena; Garcia, Beate Hennie (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-26)
      Background - Suboptimal medication use contributes to a substantial proportion of hospitalizations and emergency department visits in older adults. We designed a clinical pharmacist intervention to optimize medication therapy in older hospitalized patients. Based on the integrated medicine management (IMM) model, the 5-step IMMENSE intervention comprise medication reconciliation, medication review, ...