Media and publications

Peer-reviewed publications

- Kempen TGH, Hedman A, Gillespie U. “Drug-related emergency department visits in older patients: an applicability and reliability study of an existing assessment tool”. Int J Clin Pharm. 2022 Jul 15. doi: 10.1007/s11096-022-01456-x.

- Kempen TGH, Bertilsson M, Hadziosmanovic N, Lindner KJ, Melhus H, Nielsen EI, Sulku J, Gillespie U. ”Effects of Hospital-Based Comprehensive Medication Reviews Including Postdischarge Follow-up on Older Patients' Use of Health Care: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial”. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Apr 1;4(4):e216303. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.6303.

- Kempen TGH, Cam H, Kälvemark A, Lindner KJ, Melhus H, Nielsen EI, Sulku J, Gillespie U. “Intervention fidelity and process outcomes of medication reviews including post-discharge follow-up in older hospitalized patients: Process evaluation of the MedBridge trial”. J Clin Pharm Ther. 2020 Mar 14. doi: 10.1111/jcpt.13128.

- Kempen TGH, Kälvemark A, Sawires M, Stewart D, Gillespie U. “Facilitators and barriers for performing comprehensive medication reviews and follow-up by multiprofessional teams in older hospitalised patients”. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2020 Feb 19. doi: 10.1007/s00228-020-02846-8.

- Kempen TGH, Kälvemark A, Gillespie U, Stewart D. "Comprehensive medication reviews by ward-based pharmacists in Swedish hospitals: What does the patient have to say?". J Eval Clin Pract. 2019 Mar 4. doi: 10.1111/jep.13121.

- Kempen TGH, Hedström M, Olsson H, Johansson A, Ottosson S, Al-Sammak Y, Gillespie U. "Assessment tool for hospital admissions related to medications: development and validation in older patients". Int J Clin Pharm. 2018 Dec 26. doi: 10.1007/s11096-018-0768-8.

- Kempen TGH, Bertilsson M, Lindner KJ, Sulku J, Nielsen EI, Högberg A, Vikerfors T, Melhus H, Gillespie U. "Medication Reviews Bridging Healthcare (MedBridge): Study protocol for a pragmatic cluster-randomised crossover trial". Contemp Clin Trials. 2017 Jul 21;61:126-132.

Conference proceedings and webinars

- 25th European Association Hospital of Pharmacists Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, 23-28 March 2021. Oral poster presentation by: Gillespie U. Other co-authors: Kempen TGH, Kälvemark A, Sawires M and Stewart D. "Facilitators and barriers for performing comprehensive medication reviews and follow-up in older hospitalised patients by multiprofessional ward teams including a clinical pharmacist".

-American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Virtual Annual Meeting, 19-30 October 2020. Poster presentation: Kempen TGH, Bertilsson M, Hadziosmanovic N, Lindner KJ, Melhus H, Nielsen EI, Sulku J, Gillespie U. “Effects of Hospital-Based Comprehensive Medication Reviews Including Post-Discharge Follow-ups on Older Patients’ Healthcare Utilization (the MedBridge Trial): Pragmatic Cluster-Randomized Crossover Trial"

-Nätverksträff för farmaceuter i region och kommun, Digitalt via Zoom, Conventum Örebro, 29-30 September 2020. Oral presentation: Kempen TGH. ”Läkemedelsgenomgångar som överbryggande sjukvård (MedBridge)"

- The International Foundation for Integrated Care Webinar on Appropriate Polypharmacy & Adherence, 22 January 2020. Gillespie U, Kempen TGH. ”Medication Reviews Bridging Healthcare (MedBridge) A pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial in Swedish hospitals”.

- 48th European Symposium on Clinical Pharmacy, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 23-25 October 2019. Oral presentation: Kempen TGH. “Identified drug-related problems and actions taken to solve them – Intervention delivery within a clinical trial on comprehensive medication reviews in older hospitalised patients”.

- 5th Nordic PhD Symposium in Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Copenhagen, Denmark, 10-12 June 2019. Oral presentation: Kempen TGH. “Medication Reviews Bridging Healthcare (MedBridge) trial”.

- 47th European Symposium on Clinical Pharmacy, Belfast, United Kingdom, 24-26 October 2018. Poster presentation: Kempen TGH, Kälvemark A, Gillespie U, Stewart D. “Comprehensive medication reviews in Swedish hospitals: what does the patient have to say?”.

- The Clinical Pharmacy Congress, London, Great-Britain, 27-28 April 2018. Poster presentation: Cam H, Kempen TGH. "Intervention fidelity within a clinical study on comprehensive medication reviews in hospitalised patients (MedBridge study)".

- 23rd European Association Hospital of Pharmacists Congress, Goteborg, Sweden, 21-23 March 2018. Poster presentation: Sawires M, Kempen TGH, Gillespie U. "A nested qualitative study of medication reviews within a multicentre cluster-randomised crossover trial (MedBridge)".

- 23rd European Association Hospital of Pharmacists Congress, Goteborg, Sweden, 21-23 March 2018. Poster presentation: Al-Sammak Y, Gillespie U, Kempen TGH. "Assessment Tool for Hospital Admissions Related to Medications, 10 questions (ATHARM10): a validation study".

- 46th European Symposium on Clinical Pharmacy, Heidelberg, Germany, 9-11 October 2017. Poster presentation: Cam H, Kempen TGH. "Intervention fidelity within a clinical study on comprehensive medication reviews in hospitalised patients (MedBridge study)".

- 17th International Conference for Integrated Care 2017, Dublin, Ireland, 8-10 May 2017. Poster presentation: Kempen TGH, Bertilsson M, Lindner KJ, Sulku J, Nielsen EI, Högberg A, Vikerfors T, Melhus H, Gillespie U. "Medication Reviews Bridging Healthcare (MedBridge): Study protocol for a pragmatic cluster-randomised crossover trial".

News articles

- "Apotekare i teamet ska hjälpa multisjuka" - Status (magazine of The Swedish Heart and Lung Association), 18 February 2020 (in Swedish)  

- "Klinikapotekare uppskattade av både vårdpersonal och patienter” – Svensk Farmaci, 11 June 2019 (in Swedish)

- ”Bättre läkemedelsrutiner vid utskrivning fokus för ny studie på Akademiska” – Press release, 11 April 2019 (in Swedish)

- "Världsunik studie ska fånga nyttan med klinisk farmaci" – Svensk Farmaci, 22 February 2017 (in Swedish)

- "Bra start för unik studie av klinisk farmaci" – Svensk Farmaci, 27 February 2017 (in Swedish)

Protocol registration

The study has been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02999412.

Ethical approval

The study has been ethically approved by the Central Ethical Review Board (Centrala etikprövningsnämnden; CEPN): registration number Ö21-2016. Additional ethical approval for interviews with patients and healthcare professionals was received by the Regional Ethical Review Board in Uppsala: registration number 2016/251/1.