Home Medicine Reviews For General Practitioners
Two-thirds of your patients aged 75 years and over will be eligible for a home medicine review (HMR), or DMMR. An HMR optimises the benefits of medications, improves patient understanding of their use, and aims to minimise any adverse effects that may affect their wellbeing.
Unfortunately, many GPs do not write referrals for HMRs because they don’t have a local credentialed pharmacist to refer to, the referral turnaround time is too long, or because of the poor quality of the report. Yet each year, more than 250,000 Australians go to hospital with problems caused by their medicines – half of these cases can be easily avoided by a simple home medicine review.
At HMR Referrals, our mission is to reduce medication misadventure by matching HMR GP requests with local credentialed pharmacists, providing secure messaging, quality reviews, and fast turnaround times – ensuring continuity of care and better patient outcomes.
Patient Eligibility
Patient eligibility is based on the range of potential risks that may predispose patients to adverse effects from their medications. An HMR is recommended in any of the following circumstances and not just the number of medications involved. For example, when the patient is:
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taking five or more regular medications
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taking more than 12 doses of medication per day
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significant changes to medication within the last three months
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a recent discharge from a facility / hospital (in the last four weeks)
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