Scaling-up a pharmacist-led information technology intervention (PINCER) to reduce hazardous prescribing in general practices: Multiple interrupted time series study.
Sarah RodgersAmelia C TaylorStephen A RobertsThomas AllenDarren M AshcroftJames BarrettMatthew J BoydRachel Ann ElliottKamlesh Khunti F MedSciAziz SheikhDespina LaparidouAloysius Niroshan SiriwardenaAnthony J AveryPublished in: PLoS medicine (2022)
The PINCER intervention, when rolled out at scale in routine clinical practice, was associated with a reduction in hazardous prescribing by 17% and 15% at 6 and 12 months postintervention. The greatest reductions in hazardous prescribing were for indicators associated with risk of GI bleeding. These findings support the wider national rollout of PINCER in England.