The IMPROVE Polypharmacy Clinic was created in 2013 as a quality improvement project by John Thomas, MD, Anne Hyson, MD, MSc, Marcia C. Mecca, MD, and Kristina Niehoff, PharmD, BCPS in collaboration with Rebecca Brienza, MD, MPH, John Sellinger, PhD, Sean Jeffery, PharmD, CGP, FASCP, FNAP, AGSF, Susan Langerman, APRN, and Terri Fried, MD.
We especially thank and acknowledge the assistance and support of Leila Islam, PhD, Karyln Nieland, APRN, Noel Quinn, PhD, Ilse Wiechers, MD, MPP, MHS, Susan Langerman, APRN, Seth Cioffi, PharmD, CDE, Nicole Altorelli, MD, Adam P. Mecca, MD, PhD, Peter H. Van Ness, PhD, David DeWorsop, MD, Courtney Bancroft, PsyD and Jackie Wolf, RN.
In addition, we thank the many Yale Internal Medicine residents, VA Nurse Practitioner Residents, VA Pharmacy Residents, and VA Health Psychology trainees for their work on this project.