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Software Protects People From Unnecessary Pills: Many Older People Take Medications that Harm Them

Many elderly people take five or more medications a day. Some of them are superfluous, possibly even harmful, says Emily McDonald, assistant professor of medicine at McGill University in Montréal, Canada. Together with Todd Lee, assistant professor of infectious diseases and general internal medicine, she has developed and clinically successfully tested software to remedy this. MedSafer, in a long-term care facility, identified potentially unsui…
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Many elderly people take five or more medications a day. Some of them are superfluous, possibly even harmful, says Emily McDonald, assistant professor of medicine at McGill University in Montréal, Canada. Together with Todd Lee, assistant professor of infectious diseases and general internal medicine, she has developed and clinically successfully tested software to remedy this. MedSafer, in a long-term care facility, identified potentially unsui…

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