Residential Aged Care Services

Managing the Medication Regimes of residents in Age Care settings can be complex and challenging.

Healthwise Medication Services understands the day to day issues faced by Residential Aged Care Facilities and our aim at Healthwise Medication Services is to partner with you to ensure your facility is adhering to the latest legislation and standards in Medication Management.

Through our comprehensive Residential Medication Management Review (RMMR) and Quality Use of Medicine (QUM) Programs Healthwise Medication Services is able to equip you and your staff to meet all of your residents medication management needs.

What does Healthwise Medication Services Offer?

First and foremost Healthwise Medication Services is able to offer independent RMMRs performed by Certified Geriatric Pharmacists with over 15 years experience in Clinical Pharmacy. These reviews are performed in collaboration with the Residents General Practitioner (GP) and are funded federally through the Fifth Pharmacy Agreement.

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A Residential Medication Management Review alone, however, is not enough to ensure your residents are receiving the best care in terms of Medication Management. That is why at Healthwise Medication Services we offer the following services to all Residential Aged Care Facilities contracted with us to perform RMMR and QUM programs:

  • Residential Medication Management Reviews (RMMR).
  • Quality Use of Medicines (QUM).
  • Staff Education, Training and In-services.
  • Resident Education.
  • Medication Audits.
  • Medication Advisory Committee (MAC) Attendance.
  • Meeting Participation.
  • Drug Information.
  • Drug Use Evaluation.
  • Benchmarking.
  • Key Performance Indicators.
  • Storage Advice.
  • Imprest Advice.
  • Independent Research.
  • Accreditation Support.
  • Continuous Improvement Activities.