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Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network (CADeN). Reducing harm, raising awareness & promoting health w/ safer alternatives. #deprescribing
@caden-recad.bsky.socialWorking on medication appropriateness, deprescribing, or reducing low-value care?
@choosingwiselyca.bsky.social is accepting submissions for its 2027 National Meeting, happening on May 26–27 in St. John’s, NL!
📅 Submit by Dec. 4: loom.ly/23AYKs0
@choisiravecsoin.bsky.social
@caden-recad.bsky.socialHeading to #FMF2026 in Toronto? 👋
Find us & @deprescribing.bsky.social at our shared booth Nov. 11–14. Pick up printed deprescribing resources including deprescribing algorithms & patient handouts, and come chat with us about deprescribing!
Hope to see you there!
@cfpc-cmfc.bsky.social
@caden-recad.bsky.social🌟 Meet Jo-Anna Armocida, new member of our Public Awareness Committee! Passionate about empowering others, she believes self-advocacy matters at every age: from asking questions about medications to speaking up & taking an active role in our wellbeing. Please join us in welcoming Jo-Anna!
@caden-recad.bsky.social@umontreal.ca @facmed-umontreal.bsky.social
@caden-recad.bsky.socialLe 18 septembre, 185 personnes ont assisté à la conférence « Comment rester en santé : une question de routines ! » à Yamachiche. Le Dr Frédéric Picotte a présenté des questions à poser aux professionnels de la santé pour prévenir les méfaits liés aux médicaments. Merci pour cette collaboration !
@caden-recad.bsky.social@umontreal.ca @facmed-umontreal.bsky.social
@caden-recad.bsky.socialOn Sept. 18, 185 people attended “How to Stay Healthy: A Question of Routines!” in Yamachiche. Dr. Frédéric Picotte highlighted questions to ask healthcare professionals to help prevent medication-related harm. We were pleased to collaborate and share our resources with attendees there in person.
@caden-recad.bsky.social@mann.usc.edu @schaeffer.usc.edu @norc.org @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
@caden-recad.bsky.social💊 Medication count alone doesn’t tell the whole story. A new @jama.com Research Letter found prescription polypharmacy among older U.S. adults rose to 35.7% in 2021–23, while > 1 in 5 remained potentially at risk of major drug-drug interaction.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yynh4rha
@caden-recad.bsky.socialWhen a medication is started, the conversation should start too.
A new @ualberta.bsky.social Folio feature by Gillian Rutherford w/ Health Care Provider & Research Committee member Cheryl Sadowski highlights clinical inertia & intentional, shared, & monitored deprescribing.
@caden-recad.bsky.socialOct. 1 marks the 15th anniversary of National Seniors Day. At CADeN, we celebrate older adults & their vital voices in shaping safer healthcare. We’re especially grateful to our Public Awareness Committee, whose members include older adults & ppl connected w/ older adult & community orgs across 🇨🇦.
@caden-recad.bsky.social@caden-recad.bsky.social📣 Today’s the day!
Join Shin Liau, PhD, from @monashuniversity.bsky.social, from 9–10 a.m. EDT, to explore how deprescribing recommendations can be integrated into clinical guidelines & strengthened for practice.
🇦🇺 Hosted by @deprescribeau.bsky.social.
👉 Register here now: tinyurl.com/m25yr3fw
@caden-recad.bsky.socialOn September 30, we honour residential school Survivors, the children who never returned home, and the families and communities who continue to carry their impacts and legacies. At CADeN, we continue to listen, learn and reflect on what Truth and Reconciliation means for our work in healthcare.
@caden-recad.bsky.social@monashuniversity.bsky.social @escpweb.bsky.social @deprescribeus.bsky.social
@caden-recad.bsky.social🗓️ Mark your calendar!
How can clinical guidelines better support deprescribing?
Join Shin Liau, PhD, on Oct. 1, 9–10 a.m. EDT, to explore principles for integrating deprescribing into guidelines & strengthening recommendations.
🇦🇺 Hosted by @deprescribeau.bsky.social.
@caden-recad.bsky.social⏰ Two days left!
Our 2026–27 Student Funding Program closes on Sept. 30 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Medical, pharmacy, & nursing students & teams in Canada can receive up to $500 CAD to lead an activity or resource on med. appropriateness & deprescribing.
Bring your idea to life now: tinyurl.com/yfxm9h32
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@caden-recad.bsky.socialWe have a problem with overprescribing—what if annual medication reviews became the norm?
In @ledevoir.com, our Network Director @dremilymcd.bsky.social discusses the 🇨🇦 guideline on potentially inappropriate prescribing & the importance of regularly reassessing meds.
👉 tinyurl.com/532kvvbb
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