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  • Title: Development of a hospice formulary for psychotropic medications.
    Author: Barnhorst A, Bourgeois JA, Macmillan J.
    Journal: Palliat Support Care; 2008 Mar; 6(1):71-7. PubMed ID: 18282347.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: The authors describe the concept of hospice formulary as is utilized at the hospice service of a university medical center. METHOD: A periodic review of hospice formulary, focusing on psychotropic medications and delirium prevention, was accomplished in 2006. This effort represents a multidisciplinary effort among hospice nursing, internal medicine, and psychiatry. RESULTS: An updated formulary adopting contemporary psychopharmacologic best practices was produced and implemented along with targeted in-service training to nurse clinicians. SIGNIFICANCE OF RESULTS: The modern hospice formulary offers opportunities to offer state-of-the-art psychopharmacological care and minimization of delirium through judicious use of psychopharmacological treatments for the psychiatric comorbidities common in terminally ill patients.
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