Why GerMedRisk - GeriMedRisk

Rapid access to an interdisciplinary team of geriatric specialists through phone and eConsult
Pharmacy team conducts comprehensive best possible medication history
Response with a median of 5 business days
Consult letter and tailored geriatric drug information provided to enhance practice and professional development

Troubleshoot complex physical and mental health conditions. This may be while the patient is awaiting in-person support from Specialized Geriatric Services
Optimize medications or to develop a deprescribing plan
Identify drug interactions and adverse drug events
Receive information about drug-specific adverse drug events

Primary care practitioners can receive a potential course of treatment/action and save their patients weeks or months of waiting for a specialist when an in-person referral is unnecessary. For example:
Nurse practitioner consults GeriMedRisk for the management of a patient with dementia and behavioural symptoms.
Pharmacists can leverage specialists in geriatric pharmacy and clinical pharmacology to optimize medications.
Specialist physicians can access a timely second opinion from diverse specialists in geriatric psychiatry, geriatric medicine, clinical pharmacology, and geriatric pharmacy to avoid adverse drug events when prescribing. For example:
- Psychiatrist consults GeriMedRisk about drug interactions between a patient’s chemotherapeutic agents and antidepressants.
- Geriatrician consults GeriMedRisk for the management of a patient with treatment-resistant depression[PH1].

Why GeriMedRisk?