Clinical Innovation Competition Winners

Winners of the Marika Zelenka Roy Innovation Prize!

This year, two teams tied for this prestigious prize, GyroClear and MedSafer.

Dr Emily McDonald, Division of General Internal Medicine, and Dr Todd Lee, Division of Infectious Diseases, lead the MedSafer team.

Many older adults are now taking 5, 10 or 15 medications. Polypharmacy can cause side effects such as memory and balance problems. Deprescribing is a solution that requires a health care professional to review your medications and suggest which ones can be stopped. The process can be time-consuming and requires expert knowledge. MedSafer is an app that helps guide a “medication check-up” by providing scientific information on the harms and benefits, and instructions for safe deprescribing.