Chronic-pharma: New Platform for Chronic Patients Pharmacotherapy Optimization.
Angela María Villalba-MorenoMercedes Galván-BanqueriAitana Rodríguez-PérezMaría Dolores Toscano GuzmánClara López-HermosoSusana Sanchez-FidalgoBernardo Santos-RamosEva Rocío Alfaro-LaraPublished in: Journal of medical systems (2022)
We describe the technological development of a web platform named CHRONIC-PHARMA that integrates three prescription support tools for patients with chronic diseases: Anticholinergic Burden Calculator (ABC), LESS-CHRON criteria and TRIGGER-CHRON. They focus on the optimization and evaluation of pharmacotherapy in patients with chronic diseases, resulting in a useful, single platform that can facilitate the review of pharmacotherapy and improve the safety of chronically ill patients. This is achieved by estimating and reducing the anticholinergic risk (ABC), detecting opportunities for deprescribing drugs and monitoring its success (LESS-CHRON criteria), as well as calculating the risk of adverse drug events (TRIGGER-CHRON). The platform is freely accessible online ( https://chronic-pharma.com/ ) as well as through a mobile application, and therefore easily accessible among the healthcare community.