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Medscheck Follow Up Medscheck Consult Expanded services: Medscheck for Diabetes. MedsCheck for Care (LTC) Residents MedsCheck at Home Canada- Ontario For a MedsCheck, patients must be taking a minimum of 3 prescription medications and have a chronic medical condition. It can be conducted with a caregiver providing the patient has given consent for this to happen. It is conducted in the community pharmacy Patients can have more than one MedsCheck per year if necessary. This is a Follow-up MedsCheck and is due to situations such as hospital discharge, planned hospital admission, a physician referral Ontario Pharmacist’s Association and the Ontario Pharmacy Council with the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. The original MedsCheck program was launched in 2007. The expanded services were launched in 2010 The main objective of the MedsCheck Program to create and maintain an accurate record of what medication(s) the patient’s medicines; investigate and if appropriate correct any discrepancies between the doctor’s orders and what the patient is taking; minimize potential adverse effects and medication errors. It is conducted as a one-on one consultation with a pharmacist, or a pharmacy student or pharmacy intern under the supervision of a registered pharmacist. During a MedsCheck, an up to date list of the patient medication is created- one is kept at the pharmacy, one is Community pharmacy for MedsCheck and MedsCheck for Diabetes. MedsCheck for LTC Residents can be initiated in the pharmacy but carried out in the LTC home. The report must be kept in the patient chart at the LTC home. MedsCheck at Home conducted in the patient’s home. 20-30 minutes is expected per MedsCheck. 2011$ A 72.71 per year per patient for a MedsCheck and 2011$ A 30.29 per patient MedsCheck follow up 2011$A 90.87 per year per patient for the MedsCheck for Diabetes. 2011$ A 30.29 per patient diabetes follow-up. 2011$A 60.58 per quarterly LTC assessment and 2011$A 109.02 for the annual assessment per year per patient. 2011$A 181.70 per year per patient for