Table 1.

Top clinical prioritisation criteria and sub-criteria identified by pharmacists.

Criteria	Sub-criteria	Positive response (%)
Top five features of the pharmacy care organiser which help you to prioritise patients.	Medicines reconciliation task	89
	High risk medicines	78
	Unverified medicines	78
	Pharmacist notes	70
	Antimicrobials	59
Top five high risk medications or classes of medications.	Methadone	89
	Insulin	86
	Systemic anticancer therapy	81
	Carbidopa/levodopa (± entacapone), co-beneldopa	81
	Clozapine	76
Top five medications or medication classes you consider high risk.	Parkinson's disease medications	89
	Insulin	73
	Antiepileptics	70
	Anticoagulants	68
	Antimicrobials	68
	Systemic anticancer therapy	68
What number of unverified medicines would you consider high risk?	>5 unverified medicines	32
Do you prioritise patients where you identify a drug-drug or drug-disease interaction with a suspected toxic or subtherapeutic effect?	Yes, prioritise	95
Do you prioritise patients where you identify a drug-drug or drug-disease interaction where there is no suspected toxic or subtherapeutic effect?	No, do not prioritise	60
What degree of polypharmacy do you consider high priority?	>10 medicines	46
What number of co-morbidities would you consider high priority?	No, do not prioritise	57
Top five conditions that you consider high priority.	Acute kidney injury	81
	Infection	57
	Chronic kidney disease (eGFR <30 mL/min)	43
	Neurological disorders	43
	Any unstable disease	43
Do you prioritise your patient for review if they have abnormal lab results related to or affecting medication?	Yes, prioritise	97
Do you prioritise your patient for review if they have abnormal lab results not related to or affecting medication?	Yes, prioritise	51
Do you prioritise a patient for review if they have transferred to your ward from Intensive Care Unit or High Dependency Unit?	Yes, prioritise	97
At what age threshold would you prioritise an older adult?	≥65 years old	41
Top five patient-related or social risk factors that you consider high priority.	Pregnancy and/or breastfeeding	92
	Drug misuser	84
	Poor historian / confused	81
	Suspected non-adherence	65
	Recent hospitalization (readmission within 30 days of discharge)	51