QUM research project to examine compliance
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Health Advisory Practice to undertake an 18 month pharmacy practice research project, focused on the complex issues of medication.
Non compliance with medication is a challenging and complex problem globally, resulting in poorer health outcomes and increased health care costs.
About 40% of people who are non compliant with their medication regimen are not so intentionally, Kos Sclavos, National President of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia said.
With the introduction of MedsIndex, an IT resource already being used to measure patients’ compliance of medications, community pharmacy is at the forefront of assisting patients who are non compliant.
Assisting them will have a huge impact on their individual health outcomes and will deliver better value to the health system as a whole, Mr Sclavos said.
