Pharmacy Daily | SHPA Medication

Review decision tree THE Society of Hospital Pharmacists’ Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research has simplified the process of deciding which public funded medication review service is best for patients. Article author Karen O’Leary says clinical pharmacy services for outpatients are now included in the list of ‘non-admitted’ services able to be paid for through Activity Based Funding (ABF) as part of the National Health Reform Agreement effective from 01 Jul 2013. Fully funded services now include provision of dose administration aids, funded by the Community Pharmacy Agreement (CPA) or Dept of Veterans Affairs; clinical interventions through community pharmacies (CPA); MedsCheck and Diabetes MedsCheck (CPA); RMMRs (CPA); HMRs (CPA); inpatient medication review (ABF); and non-admitted patient services, particularly 40.04 Clinical Pharmacy (funded by ABF). The article provides a ‘decision tree’ which aims to maximise the use of available publicly funded programs and minimise patient costs by identifying the most costeffective service for each patient. CLICK HERE for details.

---

The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 15 Aug 13
To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 15 Aug 13