Following from our Frankfurt & Stockholm events, “Ariadne revisited” #Multimorbidity Symposium (Bielefeld, Germany, 3 May 2024): new findings & new approaches with Victor Montori, MD 💙 Susan Smith Paul Glasziou Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga Mike Steinman Rafael Perera & others! uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/me…

The US Deprescribing Research Network (USDeN), co-led by UCSF division faculty member Dr. Mike Steinman, welcomes you to attend its 2024 Annual Meeting, which will be held in-person on May 15th in Boston during the preconference day of the SGIM Annual Meeting. Learn more: medicine.ucsf.edu/news/us-depres…

Delirium can be a maze with many paths leading in, but did you know medications often hold the key? From prescribed to over-the-counter, how we take, start, or stop them can trigger delirium onset. Let's advocate for thorough medication history reviews. Check out American Geriatrics Society

Great information from CADeN on the public health crisis of #Benzodiazepines & #Zdrugs !

Read their newsletter for more info and to follow links to news coverage in print and video content.
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Eleven.

That's how many weeks away we are from #USDeN24 where we will gather #USDeNpeople and share all the latest #Deprescribing #Research updates, and form great new collaborations.

Learn about featured researcher Kenneth Lam: deprescribingresearch.org/kenneth-lam-md…

Thrilled that Moore Foundation has awarded $15M to UC San Francisco to host a new Coordinating Center for Diagnostic Excellence (CoDEx). Led by the superb Julia Adler-Milstein Julia Adler-Milstein (& co-led by me), CoDEx will build on Moore's work in DxEx & add a big focus on #GenAI ucsf.edu/news/2023/10/4…

Excited for the return of this webinar series!
Register to learn more about #deprescribing for people with developmental or acquired brain injuries and hear from patients and families about meds used for severe chronic pain:

Congratulations to Dept. of Clinical Pharmacy faculty member Akinyemi Oni-Orisan, PharmD, PhD, PharmD, PhD, who has been named a 2023 Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine Scholar by the National Academy of Medicine, expanding his work in precision medicine and cardiovascular disease. tiny.ucsf.edu/MJrxxV

#ICYMI You can watch it now. And get CE credit.

Mike Steinman delivered the annual Lamy Center lecture on ' #Deprescribing Efforts: How Can We Use #Research to Improve #Clinical Practice?' at #ASCP2022 .

See below for more info. ⬇️

At our 2018 deprescribing guidelines symposium, we asked researchers where we should go next.

Result: This paper on future directions for #deprescribing research, featuring Mike Steinman Emily Reeve Frank Moriarty Justin Turner +more

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And a huge thank you to Mike Steinman (& team) for his mentorship and support of this research

Terrific new paper on management of high blood pressures in hospitalized older adults led by Tim Anderson.

Take-home: aggressive treatment of inpatient BP elevations associated with increased harms compared to leaving it alone.

See Tim's excellent thread for more insights.