Table 3 GP focused strategies on approaches to improve the HMR process
From: General practitioners’ perceptions on home medicines reviews: a qualitative analysis
Suggestion | Comment |
|---|---|
HMR template for pharmacists | “I think they should have a standard format, just fill in the blanks. These are the drugs, these are the interactions right, suggestions one, two, three, four.” (GP6) |
I’ve noticed … most of the pharmacists have a very easy to read format. There are one or two pharmacists write their response in the form of an essay that’s a bit difficult to absorb … so obviously if they come out with a universal way of doing this, that will be ideal. (GP3) | |
Generalised template with the same information but less writing out of information. I think that would suit doctors better because a lot of the cut and paste we already know. (GP10) | |
Electronic software | “The more that it becomes an online process, it would certainly help the situation cause that just speeds things up and if they send it back online, I think that process would definitely help.” (GP7) |
Assigning personnel from practice to be the focal point of the program | “This is why I think it’s important to have somebody not a GP in the practice to run the HMR process because GPs are too busy.” (GP11) |