HMR Program
September 28, 2010
The Home Medicines Review
(HMR) Program is continuing
under the Fifth Community
Pharmacy Agreement, with the aim
to enhance the quality use of
medicines through a pharmacist
conducting a medication review in
the patient’s home.
The Guild has a range of
consumer resources available to
pharmacists to help promote the
HMR service, including HMR
Consumer Brochures and HMR
Consumer Case Studies (individual
topics include: diabetes, heart
failure, kidney problems, youth
depression,
palliative care and falls prevention).
Other resources include a ‘Would
you like help with your medicines’
booklet, which explains some of the
pharmacy services
offered that may assist your patients
to better manage and understand
their medicines, such as Dose
Administration Aids, Patient
Medication Profiles, Consumer
Medicines Information Sheets and
Home Medicines Reviews.
These resources are available in
hard copy.
If you or HMR stakeholders in
your local community would like to
obtain multiple copies of these
resources, please contact Natalie
Nikro at the Guild’s National
Secretariat by email
mmr.program@guild.org.au or
phone 02 6270 1888.
The HMR Consumer Brochures
and HMR Consumer Case Studies
are also available electronically on
the Guild website at
www.guild.org.au/mmr/
content.asp?id=1831.
While there may be some changes to
the current HMR model during the
Fifth Agreement, pharmacists are
advised to continue providing the
HMR service to their patients in the
usual way.
For more information, please see
the Guild’s HMR Media Release
from 13 July 2010, located at
www.guild.org.au/
content.asp?ID=2830.
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