Home Medicine Review (HMR) Service: Overview
Journal Title: The International Journal of Therapeutics - Year 2018, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Home Medicines Review (HMR) is a community-based collaborative service provided by General practitioners (GPs) and trained Pharmacists for demonstrating effectiveness in detecting, resolving and preventing the Drug Related Problems (DRPs) and counseling the patients, which helps in improving outcomes like their medication adherence and the overall health-related quality of life. HMR is a well-recognized and encouraged service by the Australian government and there are ‘Accredited Pharmacists’ (trained pharmacists in Australia) who provide the service, but it is a new concept in the developing countries including India. A comprehensive search for articles of HMR was done using PubMed and Google Scholar for studies performed up to the year 2016 using the keywords “collaborative” and “Home Medicines Review” through January, 2017. All the relevant papers were identified that directly discussed about HMR. This review discusses the importance of having a HMR and focuses on the implementation with the proposed plan and recommendations. It also summarizes HMR as an emerged tool worldwide to improve rational use of medicines, minimization of cost and improvement of health-care outcomes such as patient’s medication adherence behavior and health related quality of life, mainly in the elderly.
Authors and Affiliations
Shafeekh Ali PT, Dr. Ambed Mishra, Shilpa Palaksha, Adepu Ramesh, BR Nataraj, Bhanu Kumar M
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