Pharmacy Daily | Supply and PBS

One of the initiatives of the Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement was “Supply and PBS Claiming from a Medication Chart in Residential Aged Care Facilities”. This initiative will address issues faced in these facilities regarding the supply and PBS claiming from an available prescription. Introducing supply from a medication chart will streamline supply and claiming by community pharmacy ensuring medicines are supplied in accordance with the prescriber’s most recent intentions. As part of the initiative the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in HealthCare has commenced development of a national standard medication chart for use in residential aged care facilities. The National Residential Medication Chart (NRMC) Project aims to improve the safety of medication management in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) through standardised medication charting and medication management practice. The Commission has published a Residential Aged Care Facility Medication Chart Staff Survey 2012 which is designed to collect views and perspectives from residential aged care staff on medication charts and their use in medication administration in RACFs. The Guild encourages relevant staff to visit the Commission’s website [CLICK HERE] to read more about the project and fill out the survey on medication charts to assist in this valuable project.

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