Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major threat to public health worldwide. It is a promising way to improve appropriate prescription by the review and stewardship of antimicrobials, and Post-Prescription Review (PPR) is currently the main tool used...
British journal of clinical pharmacology
Aug 4, 2024
Deprescribing is an evidence-based intervention to reduce potentially inappropriate medication use. Yet its implementation faces barriers including inadequate resources, training and time. Mobile applications (apps) on app stores could address some b...
International journal of clinical pharmacy
Jul 9, 2024
BACKGROUND: Older adults with dementia often face the risk of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use. The quality of PIM evaluation is hindered by researchers' unfamiliarity with evaluation criteria for inappropriate drug use. While tradition...
Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
Jul 6, 2024
OBJECTIVES: Machine learning methods have gained much attention in health sciences for predicting various health outcomes but are scarcely used in pharmacoepidemiology. The ability to identify predictors of suboptimal medication use is essential for ...
European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice
Jun 21, 2024
OBJECTIVES: The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) is catching the interest of hospital pharmacists. A massive collection of health data is now available to train AI models and hold the promise of disrupting codes and practices. The objective ...
OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to develop a machine learning model capable of predicting irrational medical prescriptions precisely within orthopedic perioperative patients.
International journal of environmental research and public health
Dec 28, 2020
Evidence from some studies suggest that osteoarthritis (OA) patients are often prescribed non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) that are not in accordance with their cardiovascular (CV) or gastrointestinal (GI) risk profiles. However, no suc...
OBJECTIVE: Motivated by the well documented worldwide spread of adverse drug events, as well as the increased danger of antibiotic resistance (caused mainly by inappropriate prescribing and overuse), we propose a novel recommendation system for antib...
BACKGROUND: Machine learning (ML) models in healthcare are crucial for predicting clinical outcomes, and their effectiveness can be significantly enhanced through improvements in accuracy, generalisability, and interpretability. To achieve widespread...
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