SOURCE : Faiza Rhalimi | Drugs – Real World Outcomes 2016
Background The role of the clinical pharmacist within the healthcare system remains unclear.
Objective Our objective was to describe a pharmacist’s comprehensive geriatric assessment (pCGA) at admission of elderly patients and to assess its relevance in terms of medication compliance and pharmacist interventions (PIs). Methods We conducted a prospective interventional study over 29 months in a 34-bed medical/rehabilitation geriatric ward in a French geriatric hospital.