Fatma Karapinar

Associate professor

Dr Fatma Karapinar studied pharmacy at Utrecht University and did her PhD in the OLVG hospital in Amsterdam on medication errors around hospital discharge and transitional care to prevent them. She works as a hospital pharmacist, epidemiologist and Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (BCGP) in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Toxicology at Maastricht University Medical Center. 

In addition she is actively involved in the Scientific Association of Pharmacists, in the European Association for Hospital Pharmacy (EAHP) as scientific committee member, in the Pharmaceutical Care Research in Daily Practice (PRISMA) as board member and two national programmes set up by the Ministry of Health on 1) transfer of medication related information and 2) avoiding preventable harm (expert elderly patients). Furthermore, she is the chair for postgraduate education for Dutch Pharmacist who are Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacists (US certification programme).

Department of Clinical Pharmacy
P. Debeyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht
T: +31(0)43 387 18 81

  • 2024
    • Falke, C., Karapinar, F., Bouvy, M., Emmelot, M., Belitser, S., Boland, B., O'Mahony, D., Murphy, K. D., Haller, M., Salari, P., Schwenkglenks, M., Rodondi, N., Egberts, T., & Knol, W. (2024). Correction: The association between medication use and health-related quality of life in multimorbid older patients with polypharmacy. European Geriatric Medicine. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-024-01072-0
    • Lips, N., Singh, A., Weir, D., & Karapinar-Carkit, F. (2024). Comparing the performance of multiple trigger tools in identifying medication-related hospital readmissions. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Article 19216. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19216
    • Graafsma, J., van de Garde, E. M. W., Derijks, H. J., Hoge, R. H. L., Klopotowska, J. E., Karapinar-Carkit, F., van den Bemt, P. M. L. A., & Dutch CDSS-efficiency study group (2024). Efficiency of computerized clinical decision support systems involving anticoagulants: A flashmob study in Dutch hospital pharmacies. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Article 16236. https://doi.org/10.1111/bcp.16236
    • Mohammad, A. K., Hugtenburg, J. G., Vanhommerig, J. W., van den Bemt, P. M. L. A., Denig, P., & Karapinar-Carkit, F. (2024). Identifying and quantifying potentially problematic prescribing cascades in clinical practice: A mixed-methods study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19191
    • Rahman, R. N., Polinder, S., Nikolik, B., Hoek, A. E., Janssen, M. J. A., Schuit, S. C. E., van den Bemt, P. M. L. A., & Karapinar-Carkit, F. (2024). Medication reviews by emergency department pharmacists in patients hospitalised for an adverse drug event: a cost study. BMC Health Services Research, 24(1), Article 975. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11346-9
    • Falke, C., Karapinar, F., Bouvy, M., Emmelot, M., Belitser, S., Boland, B., O'Mahony, D., Murphy, K. D., Haller, M., Salari, P., Schwenkglenks, M., Rodondi, N., Egberts, T., & Knol, W. (2024). The association between medication use and health-related quality of life in multimorbid older patients with polypharmacy. European Geriatric Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-024-01036-4
    • Kruik-Kollöffel, W. J., Moltman, G. A. W., Wu, M. D., Braaksma, A., Karapinar, F., & Boucherie, R. J. (2024). Optimisation of medication reconciliation using queueing theory: a computer experiment. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 46(4), 881-888. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-024-01722-0
    • Graafsma, J., Klopotowska, J. E., Derijks, H. J., van de Garde, E. M. W., Hoge, R. H. L., Kruip, M. J. H. A., Meijer, K., Karapinar-Carkit, F., & van den Bemt, P. M. L. A. (2024). Adoption of antithrombotic stewardship and utilization of clinical decision support systems-A questionnaire-based survey in Dutch hospitals. PLOS ONE, 19(6), Article e0306033. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306033
    • Graafsma, J., Murphy, R. M., van de Garde, E. M. W., Karapinar-Carkit, F., Derijks, H. J., Hoge, R. H. L., Klopotowska, J. E., & van den Bemt, P. M. L. A. (2024). The use of artificial intelligence to optimize medication alerts generated by clinical decision support systems: a scoping review. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 31(6), 1411-1422. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocae076
    • Defieuw, L., Hias, J., Karapinar-Carkit, F., Forsyth, P., & Van der Linden, L. R. (2024). Empowering European hospital pharmacists in the face of heart failure. European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy - Science and Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1136/ejhpharm-2023-004068