AGS Updated 2011 Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults

Moderator: Todd P. Semla, MS, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, AGSF, Department of Veteran Affairs The American Geriatrics Society recently published the AGS Updated Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults. The Beers Criteria serve as a critical tool in in preventing adverse drug events in older adults and are an important tool for systems and individuals who seek to ensure high quality healthcare for older adults. Originally conceived of by the late Mark Beers, MD (a geriatrician), the Beers Criteria catalogue medications that place elderly patients at an elevated risk for adverse drug events (ADEs) due to the physiologic changes of aging and concurrent conditions. This program will present an overview of the updated criteria, as well as it's application in today's health system. 

Introduction & Process
Todd P. Semla, MS, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, AGSF, Department of Veteran Affairs

What is Different in this Update Compared to Last Criteria
Joseph Hanlon, PharmD, MS, AGSF, University of Pittsburgh

What You Can Do with the Updated Criteria at Your Health System
Catherine E. DuBeau, MD, University of Massachusetts

Looking Forward/ Next Steps
Donna M. Fick, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN, The Pennsylvania State University