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We describe how we are developing and testing a new software programme to advise clinicians on how best to treat older people with multiple medical problems.
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Why is it important?
Whilst the proportion of older people with multiple medical problems is increasing rapidly, medicine is evolving towards super-specialisation. This means many doctors increasingly lack the 'generalist' skills to best advise a significant proportion of their patients, who have problems in addition to the one they are expert in. This leads to inappropriate and excessive medication prescribing, often called polypharmacy.
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Finding accessible ways that doctors can safely prescribe and advise on non-drug therapy for complex cases where multiple diseases co-exist would be highly desirable. This paper explains the work of the SENATOR consortium - a pan-european collaboration of clinicians, scientists, software developers and lay members. A software programme has been developed and is being tested with results expected in the second half of 2018.
Roy Soiza
University of Aberdeen
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This page is a summary of: The SENATOR project: developing and trialling a novel software engine to optimize medications and nonpharmacological therapy in older people with multimorbidity and polypharmacy, Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety, March 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/2042098616675851.
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