Residential medication management reviews in Australian residential aged care facilities

Janet K. Sluggett; J. Simon Bell; Catherine Lang; Megan Corlis; Craig Whitehead; Steven L. Wesselingh; Maria C. Inacio

doi:10.5694/mja2.50921

Residential medication management reviews in Australian residential aged care facilities

Janet K. Sluggett, J. Simon Bell, Catherine Lang, Megan Corlis, Craig Whitehead, Steven L. Wesselingh, Maria C. Inacio

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The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has highlighted the high rates of polypharmacy and potential medication‐related harm in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) in Australia.1 Residential medication management review (RMMR) is a government‐funded service for facilitating quality use of medicines in RACFs.2 Previous studies have found that RMMRs by accredited pharmacists and general practitioners identify a mean of 2.7–3.9 medication‐related problems per resident, and 45–84% of pharmacists’ recommendations were accepted by GPs.3 Guidelines recommend that residents should generally receive an RMMR on entering an RACF and when their clinical circumstances change,4 but annual claims data5, 6 and recent research indicate that not all residents receive RMMRs.7

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	432-433
Number of pages	2
Journal	Medical Journal of Australia
Volume	214
Issue number	9
Early online date	6 Jan 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50921
Publication status	Published - 17 May 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Delivery of healthcare
Geriatrics
Health services for the aged
Health services research
Pharmacist
Pharmacoepidemiology
Pharmacy

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