Too often, the phrase “community pharmacy is at a crossroads” is used to describe the undue burden facing community pharmacies. The dispensing model is no longer viable on its own. Across the world, “AI” is coming for our jobs. Yet, community pharmacies are above a proverbial oil field. Data.

In its simplest definition, deprescribing involves reducing the number of prescribed medications for a specific patient. The reasons for this reduction are numerous. Perhaps the patient no longer receives any benefit from a certain drug? In other cases, prescribing too many medications might even cause harm to the patient.