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.

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

#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 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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

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:

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…

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…

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

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…

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. mailchi.mp/caden-recad/fe…

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…