Beth Devine Editor

Beth Devine is Research Assistant Professor in The Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy and Economics (CHOICE) Institute; Formerly Pharmaceutical, Outcomes Research and Policy Program (PORPP), Department of Pharmacy, University of Washington, USA. Dr. Richard D. Boyce is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. His research studies the use of informatics and pharmacoepidemiology to support safe and effective medication therapy for older adults. He has published more than a dozen peer-reviewed papers including a systematic review of the effectiveness of antidepressants for nursing home residents, a review of pharmacokinetic drug interactions affecting antidepressants, a study concordance between various sources of psychotropic drug-drug interaction information, and a pilot study of an innovation to enhance drug product label information on drugsafety, efficacy. His current research studies active monitoring interventions for patient exposed to drug-drug interactions in the nursing home, and a how to best present clinical pharmacogenomics statements to clinicians and patients.