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AHFS is published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists long recognized as an authority on educating patients about drug use and safety, and a founding member of the National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE). Key features include: Drug information monographs written in lay language for consumers; Conforms to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Keystone Guidelines for the provision of useful prescription medicine information to consumers and the FDA's Guidance for Useful Written Consumer Medication Information; Includes How To monographs for administering different types of medications such as eye drops and inhalers; Identifies medications that have the potential for adverse events when used by elderly patients as recommended by a panel of nationally recognized experts (Beers Criteria). These criteria identify medications that should generally be avoided or that should be used with caution in older adults (65 years of age or older).