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Lisa McCarthy (she/her)
@lisamccarthy.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Helping people benefit from #deprescribing + evidence-based care in #learninghealthsystems | Co-Director, @deprescribing.bsky.social | Associate Prof, UofT | Pharmacist | @pharmacist_lisa from X/Twitter | #Pharmsky #SkyRx
Reposted by Lisa McCarthy (she/her)
This study demonstrates a promising approach to screen for PIP at a population level by applying coding to a large database of health administrative data.

Want to help tackle Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing (PIP)?

Find helpful deprescribing.org resources here:
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August 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Congratulations @taimhuynh.bsky.social on this recognition of all that you and the team have built! @thelocal.to
June 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Reposted by Lisa McCarthy (she/her)
It is estimated that medications account for 25% of healthcare-related GHG emissions.

Happy to see deprescribing.org highlighted as a valuable partner to combat the significant environment impact of medication use. 🌿

Find resources to help stop unnecessary and harmful meds here:
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Deprescribing.org - Optimizing Medication Use
Deprescribing.org - reducing medications safely to meet life’s changes. Online resources for clinicians and patients to help with deprescribing.
deprescribing.org
April 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Reposted by Lisa McCarthy (she/her)
💡 Helpful resources to identify Prescribing Cascades include:

➡️ ThinkCascades:
buff.ly/03cz1gt

➡️ Systematic Review from Doherty et al:
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➡️ Publications from deprescribing.org:
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ThinkCascades: A Tool for Identifying Clinically Important Prescribing Cascades Affecting Older People - PubMed
A nine-item consensus-based list of clinically important prescribing cascades, representing potentially inappropriate prescribing, was developed. Panelists' decisions about what constituted a…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
April 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM