MedSafer E-care: an Automated Deprescribing Solution (E-CARE Study)

During the intervention phase, MedSafer will provide users with individualized and prioritized deprescribing opportunities: a) identifying the medication, b) explaining why that medication is potentially inappropriate and c) providing instructions on how to safely stop/taper the medication. The user will review these opportunities and appropriate candidate medications for deprescribing can then be tapered or stopped directly in the EMR. Patients or proxy will also receive educational medications brochures (EMPOWER) from the research assistant or staff at the nursing home, as applicable to the medications they are taking (PPI, sedative-hypnotic, antipsychotic, antihistamine, sulfonylurea, NSAID, opioid/narcotic).