Better health and ageing for all Australians

Pharmacy

MedsCheck/Diabetes MedsCheck Pilot

Describes MedsCheck and Diabetes MedsCheck, two new in-pharmacy, patient-centred programs.

In this section:

The evaluation report of the MedsCheck Program Pilot has now been released.

MedsCheck Pilot Evaluation Report (Word 3662 KB)
MedsCheck Pilot Evaluation Report (PDF 2474 KB)

This report presents the findings of the MedsCheck Program Pilot which concluded on 31 August 2012. It identifies trends in patient demographics, the number of services delivered and its attributed costs.

Some key findings were the barriers to uptake and delivery of service, with the capacity of pharmacists being a limitation due to staffing levels. However, another finding was that pharmacies are adapting their business models to incorporate professional programs in their service structure.

The national roll-out of the program has now commenced and it is expected that, over time, uptake of MedsCheck by pharmacies will increase.

Help with accessing large documents

When accessing large documents (over 500 KB in size), it is recommended that the following procedure be used:

  1. Click the link with the RIGHT mouse button
  2. Choose "Save Target As.../Save Link As..." depending on your browser
  3. Select an appropriate folder on a local drive to place the downloaded file

Attempting to open large documents within the browser window (by left-clicking) may inhibit your ability to continue browsing while the document is opening and/or lead to system problems.

Help with accessing PDF documents

To view PDF (Portable Document Format) documents, you will need to have a PDF reader installed on your computer. A number of PDF readers are available through the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) Web Guide website.