Community Pharmacist Integration into the PIHC Renal CKD Patient Clinic • In 2011, Greg Wheeler, from Skaha Pharmacy (the British Columbia Provincial Renal Agency contract pharmacy in Penticton), proposed enhancing services to patients of the Penticton Integrated Health Centre (PIHC) chronic kidney disease (CKD) clinic, by performing medication reviews at the clinic.
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Community Pharmacist Integration into
the PIHC Renal CKD Patient Clinic • In 2011, Greg Wheeler, from Skaha Pharmacy (the British
Columbia Provincial Renal Agency contract pharmacy in
Penticton), proposed enhancing services to patients of the
Penticton Integrated Health Centre (PIHC) chronic kidney
disease (CKD) clinic, by performing medication reviews at
the clinic.
Payment Options
These services could be provided as part of the BC
Medication Review Clinical Service, which allows a
community pharmacy to be compensated by BC
PharmaCare for performance of a medication review and/or
a follow-up review by a Pharmacist.
Initial Renal Team Meeting
• The IH Renal Penticton-based leadership team fully
supported the idea of using this opportunity (and the
external funding source) to provide medication reviews by
the contract pharmacy at the PIHC
Project Purpose
• To improve the quality of chronic kidney disease (CKD)
care at the Penticton Integrated Health Centre (PIHC)
through the integration of BCPRA-contracted pharmacy
services with the multidisciplinary services currently in
place.
How to Improve Patient Care
• Participation as a dedicated member of the patient’s
health care team
• Higher level of communication between healthcare team
members that improves efficiencies, effectiveness and
patient care
• Access to patient diagnosis and lab values to be able to
effectively evaluate ALL medications and provide other
healthcare team members with appropriate medication
recommendations.
• Bring a different set of skills to the team that is unique to
community pharmacy that can compliment the expertise
of the hospital pharmacists not duplicate it!
The Clinic
• The CKD clinic regularly runs 1-2 days per week at the