December 11, 2022

Deprescribing with Dr. DeLon Canterbury

27 minutes

In this episode, our guest is Dr. Delon Canterbury of GeriatRx, which is a pharmacist-led medication management company that focuses on helping overwhelmed caregivers stop their loved ones from being overmedicated using genetic-drug screening, deprescribing, and health cost savings strategies. They specialize in developing medication action plans for patients of all ages, but with a specialty in Geriatric care. Unlike a traditional pharmacist, GeriatRx develops a three-month strategy to address overmedicated patients using a holistic and evidence-based approach in accordance with your prescriber so that there are no gaps in communication of care. Founder of the Deprescribing Accelerator, DeLon envisions all pharmacists and senior care providers as Deprescribing Advocates and coaches professionals how to integrate, leverage, and monetize Deprescribing into clinical practice! The Deprescribing Accelerator trains passionate nurses, pharmacists, and prescribers on how they can be serve our overmedicated seniors by increasing your revenue’s practice with referrals and a

value-based, sustainable care model within your business.

Topics covered:

- How caregivers and seniors need to leverage pharmacists to save time and money

- What is Deprescribing and how can this save lives

- Patient Empowerment and Advocacy against harmful medication use

- Importance of Genetic Testing for medication interactions

Guest - DeLon Canterbury, PharmD, BCGP

African American COVID-19 Task Force (AACT+)

President/CEO of GeriatRx, Inc.

cell: 404-484-5092

email: [email protected]

website: www.geriatrx.org