Emily McDonald

Register to the next Int'l Deprescribing Journal Club on Nov 27!

Hear practical lessons & analyses from the SPPiRE trial, a cluster RCT assessing the effectiveness of a deprescribing intervention in older patients with high levels of polypharmacy in Irish primary care.
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📢 Exciting news!

Selected articles from our Antimicrobial Viewpoints series will now be co-published in CMI Communications, @escmid.bsky.social's open-access journal.

This collaboration will expand the reach and amplify the impact of these articles within the antimicrobial R&D community.

Attend our upcoming webinar to learn how taking several meds can affect our health and wellbeing, and how you can reduce your risk of experiencing med-related harms by asking five simple questions.

🔗 Register and share this event with your network! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome to our newest members!!

Submissions close next week, October 15th! Don’t miss your chance to showcase your work on an international stage at ICOD 2026.

Submit your abstracts here: events.decorporate.ca/ICOD2026/abs...

Conference info and submission guidelines available here: www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/icod2026

See you there!!

🎉 Registration is now open for ICOD 2026!

Secure your spot to this unique event, an opportunity to connect with the international deprescribing community, showcase your work and learn from leaders in the field.

Early bird available until Jan 31st 2026: events.myconferencesuite.com/ICOD2026/reg...

Screenshot of Communicable & Breakpoints hosts Erin McCreary & Angela Huttner with guests Rob Fowler and Nick Daneman.

The 2nd #Communicable & #Breakpoints collaboration drops on 19 Sept! Hosts @angelahuttner.bsky.social & @erinmccreary.bsky.social invite BALANCE trial leads Nick Daneman & Robert Fowler to discuss everything from the trial's humble start to its meteoric impact in clinical practice.
#IDSky #clinmicro

📣 Medical editors call for #action against the decisions being taken in the #USA undermining #medicine and #science, and international #coordination to preserve what has been built across borders.

#IDSky #Clinmicro #MedSky #Episky #publichealth #vaccines

www.cmi-comms.com/article/S295...

CMI Comms editors at their Rome meeting

CMI Comms editors at their Rome meeting

Annie Joseph and Emily McDonald at CMI Comms editors’ meeting

CMI Comms editors hard at work 😊

Very excited to be holding our editors’ meeting in Rome. Best editors ever.
@dremilymcd.bsky.social @erinmccreary.bsky.social @anniejoseph.bsky.social @marcbonten.bsky.social @gurujosh.bsky.social @josh-nosanchuk.bsky.social

Want to be an editorial fellow with us at CMI Comms? See below!

Communicable E32: Fluoroquinolones - to heal or harm? Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are valuable given their broad-spectrum activity...

🎙️ Just published a new #Communicable episode: Communicable E32: Fluoroquinolones - to heal ...

Hosted by Emily McDonald @dremilymcd.bsky.social‬
Thomas Tängdén

with invited guests:
Staffan Tevell (Karlstad, Sweden)
Bernadette Young (Oxford, UK)

Listen here:

#IDSky #Clinmicro #MedSky

📣 Next #Communicable drops Mon 28 July!
@dremilymcd.bsky.social & Thomas host Staffan Tevell (SWE) & Bernadette Young (UK) to debate #fluoroquinolones for periprosthetic joint infections #PJIs: to heal or harm? 🎙️

A follow-up on their review: www.cmi-comms.org/article/S295...

#IDSky #clinmicro

Development of machine learning prediction models for systemic inflammatory response following controlled exposure to a live attenuated influenza vaccine in healthy adults using multimodal wearable bi... Systemic inflammatory biomarkers coupled with physiological data from wearable biosensors provided rich and objective data from which to train machine learning algorithms to predict systemic inflammat...

Development of machine learning prediction models for systemic inflammatory response in adults using wearable biosensors in: a prospective controlled trial -

The Lancet Digital Health

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Addressing Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing for Older Primary Care Patients This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates the association between interventions to reduce potentially inappropriate prescribing for older primary care patients and changes in the number of me...

Findings from a new SR&MA (N=118 studies):
Interventions to reduce potentially inappropriate prescriptions significantly reduce the number of medications without increasing risk of harm. Hospitalizations and mortality were slightly reduced, though not significantly.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Communicable E30: WHO's first-ever guideline on meningitis Meningitis remains a major global health threat, with an estimated 2.5...

🎙️ Just published a new #Communicable episode: Communicab...

Hosted by Emily McDonald @dremilymcd.bsky.social
Marc Bonten @marcbonten.bsky.social

with invited guests:
Lorenzo Pezzoli & Nicolò Binello (WHO)
Jacob Bodilsen (Aalborg University)

Listen here:

#IDSky #Clinmicro #MedSky

A CADeN-led pilot study has secured funding through the @rimuhc.bsky.social’s 2025 Sustaining Excellence Grants Program!‬‬‬‬

@dremilymcd.bsky.social & team look forward to rolling out the study to compare ed. brochures vs postcards as low-cost, direct-to-patient strategies to reduce sedative use!

📣Next #Communicable drops Mon 30 Jun! @dremilymcd.bsky.social & @marcbonten.bsky.social host Lorenzo Pezzoli & Nicolò Binello (WHO) and Jacob Bodilsen (Aalborg Uni) to review key recommendations of WHO's new guideline on #meningitis & how it suits various clinical settings

#IDSky #clinmicro #MedSky

Approach to Clostridioides difficile diarrheal infection Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a major cause of healthcare-associated diarrhea, with significant morbidity and mortality. CDI predominantly affects adults, with community-acquired cases o...

📣 Concise 'approach-to' review of #Cdiff infection by @lcordes.bsky.social @connorprosty.bsky.social @drtoddlee.bsky.social @dremilymcd.bsky.social w/ diagnostic algorithm & recommendations for first episodes vs relapses

www.cmi-comms.com/article/S295...

#IDSky #clinmicro #MedSky #AMR #HAI

A typical clonazepam sleeping pill travels 16300 km to arrive in Canada for use. ✈️ 🌏

And it doesn’t even work that well. 😬😫

#deprescribing for planetary health. It’s a thing.

Deprescribing Electronic Decision Support for Adults Living in Long-Term Care This stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial of long-term care home residents assesses the efficacy of an evidence-based electronic decision support tool for deprescribing potentially inappropriate med...

Findings from a new study by @dremilymcd.bsky.social et al.:

New Brunswick LTC residents were more likely to be deprescribed a potentially inappropriate med. when quarterly med. reviews were paired with MedSafer tool (adjusted odds ratio : 1.58).

Full study here: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

💡 Impactful Trial from @dremilymcd.bsky.social‬'s team!

The randomized trial found combining electronic deprescribing reports with regular medication reviews in long-term care homes led to a 23.7% increase in #deprescribing! 📊

Read the full article here:
buff.ly/5s5D5id

@deprescribing.bsky.social
@deprescribeus.bsky.social
@caden-recad.bsky.social

Communicable E28: Late-breaker trials at ESCMID Global: Should they change your practice? - part 2 Editors of CMI Comms, Josh Davis, Erin McCreary and Emily McDonald...

🎙️ Just published a new #Communicable episode: Communicable E28: Late-breaker trials at ESCMID Global: Should they change ...

Hosted by Josh Davis @gurujosh.bsky.social
Erin McCreary @erinmccreary.bsky.social
Emily McDonald @dremilymcd.bsky.social

Listen here:

#IDSky #Clinmicro #MedSky

Thank you!
Strong team co-led by pharmacist Carole Goodine. @newbrunswick.bsky.social

Yes, we can #deprescribe in long term care

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Cluster randomized RCT we ran with MedSafer in New Brunswick

And by here I obviously mean hear. Although…the link is here. Below.

Penicillin allergy delabelling? Yes please! 💊 💉

Here all about the benefits on our next #communicable podcast

Erin and I have never been so happy to talk late breaker trials from @escmid.bsky.social !!

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