In the News
Ottawa Citizen highlights deprescribing as a ‘fix’
Dr. Barbara Farrell gives an overview of CaDeN in the Ottawa Citizen, reviews some of the challenges with deprescribing and describes Dr. Cara Tannenbaum’s CIHR research on deprescribing conversations.
Barb Farrell and Jim Silvius talk to the media about deprescribing
CaDeN executive members, Barbara Farrell and Jim Silvius were featured on CTV and CBC news in response to a Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) report about the use of antipsychotics in long term care facilities.
Emily Reeve from Australia arrives in Ottawa
The Bruyère Research Institute welcomes Dr. Emily Reeve, an Australian pharmacist with a research fellowship to develop deprescribing guidelines for people with dementia. Emily will work with Dr. Farrell’s research team to learn about their process for developing...
CaDeN holds important stakeholder meeting
Over 100 health care professionals, patient advocates and health care organization representatives met in Toronto to discuss CaDeN’s action plan and to share resources and tools for deprescribing.
Proton Pump Inhibitor deprescribing algorithm publicly available
The PPI deprescribing guideline has been downloaded over 2000 times since its release in September, 2015. A corresponding patient pamphlet and translation policy is now available.
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