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. 2020 May 15;18(2):1967. doi: 10.18549/PharmPract.2020.2.1967

Table 1. Pharmacy programs and services.

Services funded under the 6CPA • Medication management programs
 ○ MedsCheck and Diabetes MedsCheck
 ○ Home Medicine Reviews
 ○ Residential Medication Management Reviews and Quality Use of Medicines
• Medication adherence programs
 ○ Clinical Interventions
 ○ Dose administation aids
 ○ Staged Supply
Other funded programs under the 6CPA • Trial programs
 ○ Community Pharmacy in Health Care Homes trial
 ○ Take Home Naloxone pilot trial
 ○ Pharmacy Trial Programs
▪ Pharmacy Diabetes Screening trial
▪ Indigenous Medication Review Service feasibility (IMeRSe) trial
▪ Getting Asthma Under Control (PTP-ARC) trial
▪ Integrating practice pharmacists into Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (the IPAC project)
▪ Reducing Medicine Induced Deterioration and Adverse Reactions (ReMInDAR) trial
▪ Early detection and management of cardiovascular disease risk factors (CVD) trial
▪ Chronic Pain MedsCheck trial
▪ Mental Health service (PharMIbridge) trial
• Other programs
 ○ eHealth programs
▪ Electronic Prescription Fee
 ○ Rural support programs
▪ Rural Pharmacy Workforce Program
▪ Rural Pharmacy Maintenance Allowance
 ○ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) specific programs
▪ Quality Use of Medicines Maximized for ATSI People (QUMAX)
▪ S100 Pharmacy Support Allowance
▪ ATSI Workforce Program (Pharmacy Assistant Traineeship Scheme and Pharmacy Scholarships Scheme)
Services with other sources of remuneration (ie. through PHNs or the Workforce Incentive Program) • General practice pharmacists
Unremunerated services or a fee paid by patients • Immunisation services
• Chronic disease management support
 ○ Blood pressure monitoring
 ○ Cholesterol monitoring
 ○ Blood glucose monitoring
 ○ Inhaler technique checks
 ○ INR recording
 ○ HbA1c monitoring
• Health checks to support early detection
 ○ COPD screening
 ○ Australian Type 2 Diabetes risk assessment (AUSDRISK™)
 ○ Obstructive sleep apnoea screening
• Health promotion services
 ○ Weight management
 ○ Smoking cessation
• Emergency contraception
• Wound care services
• Compounding services
• Staged supply services
• Mental health support services
• Needle and syringe exchange services
• Opioid substitution therapy services
• Return of unwanred medicines
• Baby progress recording
• Breastfeeding advice and support
Future services • Minor ailment service
• Pharmacist prescribing
 ○ Urinary tract infection prescribing trial
• Continued dispensing