The goal of Home Medicines Review (HMR) is to maximise an individual patient's benefit from their medication regimen, and prevent medication-related problems through a team approach, involving the patient's GP and preferred community pharmacy, with the patient as the central focus. It may also involve other relevant members of the healthcare team, such as nurses in community practice or carers.

The HMR process utilises the specific knowledge and expertise of each of the health care professionals involved.

In collaboration with the GP, a pharmacist comprehensively reviews the patient's medication regimen in a home visit. After discussing the visit and report with the pharmacist, the GP and patient agree on a medication management plan. The patient is central in the development and implementation of this plan with their GP.

Downloads
HMR Desktop guide - PDF

Templates
Medical Director and MedTech templates for referral and management plans are available on request.

Interesting link- visit the link below, then close the browser to return to this page
Go to the following link for the Department of Health and Ageing for information on:
• DMMR MBS Item 900
• HMR GP Guidelines
• GP HMR Fact Sheet and Process Chart
• HMR Patient Information Sheet
• HMR Referral Form
• Medication Management Plan Form
• HMR – Helping to Manage Your Medicines at Home

Link

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/Content/health-epc-dmmr.htm

NATIONAL PRESCRIBING SERVICE
What is the National Prescribing Service?
The National Prescribing Service Limited (NPS) provides independent, evidence-based information and services to health professionals and the community on Quality Use of Medicines (QUM). NPS works in partnership with GPs, specialists, pharmacists and other health professionals, Government, pharmaceutical industry, consumer organisations and the community. NPS is a non-profit organisation funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.

Many of the education activities that NPS provide for GPs are eligible for inclusion in the Practice Incentives Program (PIP) via its Quality Prescribing Initiative (QPI).

How many NPS activities does the practice need to complete to qualify for PIP payment?
At least three of the following activities per full time equivalent (FTE) GP per PIP year (1st May – 30th April) with at least one clinical audit:
• NPS educational visit
• NPS clinical audit
• NPS case study

What does this mean for the practice?
An annual payment of $1.00 per Standardised Whole Patient Equivalent will be made to registered practices (ie annual payment of approximately $1000 per FTE GP) that complete the required number of QPI activities recognised by NPS. Information on PIP, including registration process, criteria, practice requirement and payments are available from the Health Insurance Commission (HIC) Ph: 1800 222 032.

How are NPS activities delivered?
The Division subcontracts pharmacists from DATIS (Drug and Therapeutics Information Service) to deliver one to one educational visits to GPs. Two topics are delivered a year. Other activities such as clinical audits are promoted through the Division newsletter Prescription Plus.

Other benefits of the NPS activities for GPs include eligibility for RACGP, ACCRM QA and CPD points.

Go to the NPS website www.nps.org.au for information on NPS publications such as RADAR and Australian Prescriber or for further information contact Amy Greig at the Division Ph: (08) 8682 5599 or email agreig@epdgp.org.au

Links
www.nps.org.au
www.npsradar.org.au