The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality recently released an evidence report addressing deprescribing, an emerging clinical practice aimed at reducing polypharmacy and use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs).

Deprescribing is a mechanism for quality improvement and increased patient safety.

The purpose of the Evidence Report is to summarize recent literature on the use of deprescribing to improve the safety of medication use among older adults (age ≥ 65 years). The repor…

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