Townsville General Practice Network

Home Medicines Review (HMR)

Formerly known as Domiciliary Medication Management Review (DMMR)

MBS Item No. 900

Fee (1 November 2005): $131.35

Benefit 100%: $131.35

A Home Medicines Review (HMR) is a consumer-focused collaborative service involving the general practitioner and the local community pharmacist. The aim of a HMR is to optimise medication use and prevent medication-related problems through a team approach for patients living in the community. Medication related problems cause many unnecessary hospital admissions in Australia each year. There are many potential causes for medication related problems including poor compliance, confusion and the use of non-prescribed medication.

The general practitioner and the pharmacist are both remunerated by Medicare and HIC respectively for their professional services.

The process involves a referral from the consumer’s general practitioner to the consumer’s preferred community pharmacist. Any member of the healthcare team can ask the general practitioner to refer the patient for a HMR. A pharmacist interviews the consumer (preferably in the consumer’s home) to gather information about their medication. An accredited pharmacist assesses this information, writes a report and discusses the findings with the general practitioner. After discussion with the pharmacist, the general practitioner and the consumer agree on a medication management plan. The patient is central to the development of this plan.

Links are available for more detailed information.

To assist you locally, a Facilitator is available at the Division as a resource to assist both GPs and pharmacists with the nonclinical implementation of HMRs.

Robin Warren
Phone 4725 8915 ext 206
Email rwarren@tgpn.com.au

Patient brochures

Contact Robin for copies of patient brochures that explain what an HMR is

Templates

MEDICAL DIRECTOR

Within patient record, click on the blue Medibank Private icon " i ".

Click open "Home Medicine Reviews" and listed are templates for the Referral and Medication Management Plan". We have also linked to to new (May 2006) versions of the files below. If you need advice on using these templates please call the Division

DMMR Referral form

RMMR Referral form

MEDICAL SPECTRUM

Referral form

Medication Management Plan

GPs

Pharmacists

Pharmacy Guild of Australia—information, guidelines and forms

Domiciliary Medication Management Review (DMMR) Guidelines—information and forms

Page last modified: 29 Oct 2007

 
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