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Medicines Use Review

Purpose:

To optimize health outcomes for patients by assisting those who are having difficulty use, and/or understanding, and compliance with medication.

Key Components:

• Identification of and addressing any problems with effectiveness and utilization of current medications by individual patients
• Support patients and their whanau/families to better understand and manage their medicines and medical conditions
• Assist patients and their whanau/families to self-manage their medicines for chronic medical conditions

Inclusion criteria:

The Person must have:

• one or more chronic disease states
• 2 or more co-morbidities
• 1 or more of the following conditions:
  • takes 4 or more medications and/or 12+ doses a day
  • at increased risk of medicine-related problems including:
    • significant changes in meds regime in last 3 months
    • taking (or about to start) meds with a high risk of adverse effects
    • symptoms of medication adverse effects
    • sub-optimal response to pharmacotherapy
    • non-adherence or unable to manage their meds.
    • literacy, dexterity, vision, cognitive or language difficulties that impair ability to manage their meds.
    • multiple prescribers
    • recent admission to hospital (within 4 weeks) with medication changes

How to access:

Referral by Pharmacist; General Practice Team; District Nurse; NASC Team to Central Co-ordination Centre. fax: 03.355 5225 or phone: (03) 355 5066 (Jean)