HMRs
‘Hope for the best, expect for the worst’ on 8CPA rollercoaster
8CPA likely to be a rollercoaster ride for community pharmacy with funding for professional services potentially on the chopping block, pharmacist warns Pharmacy owners will need to brace themselves for …
Key services on ‘chopping block’ for 8CPA
Funding for several professional services could be stripped from the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) Home Medicines Reviews (HMRs), MedsCheck and a number of other services could be abolished …
The week in review
Two pharmacist groups speak out on the 8CPA negotiations, while FIP has a busy week and there’s a lot of concern about “unleashing” pharmacists Issues around the 8CPA came to …
Campaign launched to ‘Save the HMR’
Should HMRs be funded outside the 8CPA? These pharmacists are worried their funding is at risk With negotiations for the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement underway, a group of consultant pharmacists, …
Could 60-day dispensing increase online CM buying?
Pharmacists conducting medicines reviews often come across complementary medicines and “weird stuff” that aren’t right for patients…but how can they best advise on them? If double dispensing helps fuel medicine …
Medicines hoarding likely to grow under double dispensing
They already see huge amounts of wasted medicines – and these consultant pharmacists say double dispensing will only make the problem worse Veteran clinical pharmacist Debbie Rigby has told the …
Room for improvement
Study finds some gaps in clinical HMR reports, with less than a third documenting the GP’s reason for referral Despite overall general adherence to HMR guidelines, gaps in clinical HMR …
Pharmacy programs on the rise
Numbers of medication reviews, DAAs and staged supply services provided by pharmacists under the 7CPA have risen since the last agreement, new data reveals New data revealing the use of …
Two-thirds haven’t heard of HMRs
The importance of ensuring patients know to look out for side-effects has been highlighted by a new survey A new survey released on Friday asked Australians what they know about …
New tool for meds reviews
A new tool from NPS MedicineWise supports a collaborative approach between the accredited pharmacist and medical practitioner when preparing a HMR or RMMR Research from NPS MedicineWise found that some GPs find …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Chemical analysis of fresh and aged Australian e-cigarette liquids Assessment of the chemical composition of 65 Australian electronic cigarette …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news NSAIDs for heavy menstrual bleeding NSAIDs used just before and during menses reduce relative mean menstrual blood loss by about 30%, …