Ongoing
Big Data for joint management of fall-related medication management for the elderly.
Falls are the leading cause of injuries in the elderly. Medicines are an important risk factor for falls. Because we have no tools to estimate individualized risks, General Practitioners (GP's) have difficulty with fall-related medication management for seniors. Also, senior patients are not well equipped to jointly manage their medications.
In the project we (1) develop and validate prediction models based on electronic medical records (EMR) for assessing individualized risk of medication-related falls, and understanding model limitations; and (2) develop and evaluate a joint medication management strategy for elderly patients and general practitioners.
Contact: Nathalie van der Velde: n.vandervelde@amsterdamumc.nl
