Other evaluation findings on medicine review programs Evaluations performed on medication review programs Program Evaluated by Evaluation methodologies Findings including barriers & facilitators Home Campbell Research and Stakeholder consultation with General Findings Medicines Consulting (2010) the Guild, PSA, SHPA, AACP, HMRs are not meeting a number of their objectives mainly Review and Medicare Australia Campbell Research and because they are not reaching people most at risk of medication (HMR) (CR&C, 2010). Consulting (2008), misadventure. In addition, health professionals have not reported Interviews with pharmacists an improvement in the understanding of their medications, nor Sanburg (2009), (CR&C, 2010) has there been an improvement in co-operation within the Urbis Keys Young (2005) healthcare team (CR&C, 2008). On-line survey (26 questions) of pharmacists: 19% response In the first 3.5 years of the program, around 74% of HMRs to date rate of accredited pharmacists were provided to people aged over 65 years and around 62% of and 5% response rate of people receiving HMRs were women (UrbisJHD, 2005). pharmacists (CR&C, 2010) Those in the greatest need of a HMR are the least likely to receive Case studies with pharmacists one. The greatest gap in access is amongst those most likely to (CR&C, 2010) benefit (CR&C, 2008): Stakeholder consultation via Certain patients post discharge from hospital. interviews with GPs, Divisions Indigenous consumers of General Practice, Medical organisations, Culturally linguistically diverse consumers Pharmacists/pharmacist
Other evaluation findings on medicine review programs Evaluations performed on medication review programs Program Evaluated by Evaluation methodologies Findings including barriers & facilitators Home Medicines Review (HMR) Campbell Research and Consulting (2010) Campbell Research and Consulting (2008), Sanburg (2009), Urbis Keys Young (2005) Stakeholder consultation with the Guild, PSA, SHPA, AACP, and Medicare Australia (CR&C, 2010). Interviews with pharmacists (CR&C, 2010) On-line survey (26 questions) of pharmacists: 19% response rate of accredited pharmacists and 5% response rate of pharmacists (CR&C, 2010) Case studies with pharmacists (CR&C, 2010) Stakeholder consultation via interviews with GPs, Divisions of General Practice, Medical organisations, Pharmacists/pharmacist General Findings HMRs are not meeting a number of their objectives mainly because they are not reaching people most at risk of medication misadventure. In addition, health professionals have not reported an improvement in the understanding of their medications, nor has there been an improvement in co-operation within the healthcare team (CR&C, 2008). In the first 3.5 years of the program, around 74% of HMRs to date were provided to people aged over 65 years and around 62% of people receiving HMRs were women (UrbisJHD, 2005). Those in the greatest need of a HMR are the least likely to receive one. The greatest gap in access is amongst those most likely to benefit (CR&C, 2008): Certain patients post discharge from hospital. Indigenous consumers Culturally linguistically diverse consumers