Implementation of an Interdepartmental Collaborative Medication Review to Reduce Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Hospitalized Older Adults: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

Aravinda Kumar   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Rajesh Kumar Konduru   ^{2 *} , MD ;   Saranya Rajaram   ^{2 *} , MD ;   Manikandan Mani   ^{2 *} ;   Anusha Natarajan   ^{3 *} , MD ;   Jerin Jose Cherian   ^{4, 5 *} , MD ;   Bhavani Shankara Bagepally   ^{6 *} ;   Anil Jacob Purty   ^{2 *} , MD ;   Nayyar Iqbal   ^{7 *} , MD ;   Dineshbabu Sekar   ^{8 *} , MD ;   Sudharsanan Sundaramurthi   ^{9 *} , MS ;   Isabella Topno   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Manjunatha Chalawadi Hanumappa   ^{1 *} , MD

¹ Department of Pharmacology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India

² Department of Community Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India

³ Department of Pharmacology, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India

⁴ Clinical Studies and Trials Unit, Division of Development Research, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India

⁵ Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

⁶ National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, India

⁷ Department of General Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India

⁸ Department of General Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India

⁹ Department of General Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India

*all authors contributed equally