This playbook outlines strategies to address the environmental impacts of polypharmacy through medication optimization in inpatient care. This playbook is intended for Canadian healthcare providers working in inpatient healthcare settings that are providing patient care, contributing to institutional policies and initiatives, and/or supporting electronic medical record systems. Background information, resources, and considerations have been included to guide healthcare teams and institutions to implement medication optimization and reduce their environmental impact. The content has been compiled from a review of literature and guidelines, interviews with experienced healthcare professionals, and guidance from academics in the field.
This checklist provides actions that drug use evaluation (DUE) individuals or teams can take to optimize the medication prescribed to patients to reduce the environmental, patient and institutional consequences of polypharmacy.
This checklist provides actions that institutional healthcare providers can take to optimize the medication prescribed to patients to reduce the environmental, patient and institutional consequences of polypharmacy.
This checklist provides actions that institutional management and decision makers can take to optimize the medication prescribed to patients to reduce the environmental, patient and institutional consequences of polypharmacy.
