A Decade Later: National Initiative to Reduce Antipsychotics: Research, Clinical, and Policy Discussion
A Decade Later: National Initiative to Reduce Antipsychotics: Research, Clinical, and Policy Discussion is organized by The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term care Medicine - AMDA
Activity Created: 3/2022
Credits Available Until 3/2025
Description:
This session includes an interprofessional panel of experts who will share emergent results from a national research study that evaluated the impact of the CMS antipsychotic reduction initiative in nursing homes. The first presentation will include an overview of the research aims and select study findings. The second presentation will discuss results from a study that examined the relationship between Antipsychotic use and transitions of care in nursing home residents. The third presentation will share the perspective of a nursing home medical director on the findings from this work and its clinical applications. Finally, there will be a moderated group discussion to address questions as well as the policy implications of the CMS antipsychotic reduction initiative to inform future work.
Learning Objectives:
• Describe emergent research findings related to the impact of the CMS antipsychotic reduction initiative in nursing homes.
• Describe emergent research findings related to the association of antipsychotic use and transitions of care in nursing home residents.
• Discuss practice-based strategies that will inform clinical care and/or medical direction related to the optimization of antipsychotic prescribing in nursing home residents.