Personalized Geriatric Medicine
A special issue of Journal of Personalized Medicine (ISSN 2075-4426). This special issue belongs to the section "Personalized Medicine in Pharmacy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 23 April 2027 | Viewed by 85
Editors
2. Older Peoples Medicine Department, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich NR4 7UY, UK
Interests: geriatric medicine; dementia; delirium; medicines optimisation; assistive technology
2. Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, St Luke’s Campus, University of Exeter, Exeter EX1 2LU, UK
Interests: health data science; frailty; appropriate prescribing; polypharmacy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Personalised care is an established key concept in geriatric medicine clinical practice. Given that older adults often have multiple overlapping physical diseases, cognitive impairment, psychological disorders and bespoke social care needs, it is not a surprise that geriatricians are primed to follow the path of tailoring treatment to the individual.
Increasing research attention is now being paid to paradigms and tools that can assist in personalising care. Particular attention has been paid to this within the field of prescribing practice, known as medicine optimisation. It is known that older adults account for a disproportionate amount of the annual prescribing volume due to accumulation of disease states and the polypharmacy associated with this, whilst simultaneously being the most likely to experience adverse side effects due to clinical frailty syndromes.
This Special Issue aims to disseminate current research that targets improvements in personalised prescribing practice, particularly those improvements that lead to a reduction in adverse medication harms, and subsequently enhance the personal autonomy and dignity of older adults.
Whilst the primary focus of this Special Issue is medicine optimisation, we strongly encourage researchers to contribute to this Special Issue and share novel approaches to other clinical conundrums within geriatric medicine care.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following areas within geriatric care:
- Using AI to improve prescribing practice;
- How pharmacogenetics can assist in tailoring prescribing and reducing medication-related harm;
- System-wide approaches to reducing polypharmacy;
- Insights into medication practice in dementia and delirium.
Dr. Martyn Patel
Dr. Victoria L. Keevil
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- geriatric
- polypharmacy
- pharmacogenetics
- medicine optimisation
- personalized medicine
- artificial intelligence
- dementia
- delirium
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