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Grand Rounds – Carolyn Thorpe: Addition by Subtraction: De-prescribing Medications of Questionable Benefit in Older, Complex Patients Nearing the End of Life
December 12, 2018 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Please join us Wednesday at 8am, Patient Family Resource Center Conference Room (Ground Floor, North Carolina Cancer Hospital)
Hosted by the UNC Comprehensive Cancer Support Program (CCSP) and the UNC Palliative Care Program
Carolyn T. Thorpe, PhD, MPH, is Associate Professor in the Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy at the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy. She also has a joint appointment as Core Investigator in the Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System’s Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP). She is a pharmaceutical health services researcher with expertise in secondary analysis of large, existing administrative and clinical databases to examine determinants and health outcomes of real-world prescribing decisions and medication adherence in older adults with multiple chronic conditions. Her interests are driven broadly by a desire to improve treatment decisions, care delivery, and day-to-day illness management for older patients who are faced with the demands of managing multiple conditions simultaneously, often in context of diminished capacity and a lacking evidence base regarding optimal treatment. Several of her current projects focus on patterns and outcomes of “de-prescribing” potentially unsafe or unnecessary medications in patients with limited life expectancy or advanced dementia.
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