The electronic detailed medication review toolkit allows relevant patient information to be collated and presented in a consistent manner to support the process and structure of undertaking a SMR in the older person. The template allows the healthcare professional to access and review patient details through one single access point including information on current medications, past medical history, the new journal, letters, and laboratory results.
A medication review checklist has been incorporated with embedded toolkits that create active alerts to identify and highlight key quality and safety issues to prioritise during the SMR. It is formatted to promote good documentation with standardised read codes to allow data capture.
The template also has the additional functionality to prepare for a SMR in advance, capturing the relevant information and entering it within the patients’ record for future use, using a medicines optimisation questionnaire that adopts the 7-steps to appropriate polypharmacy.
