The Chronic Disease Service Framework is a cross-therapeutic approach to chronic disease care within the pharmacy. The service framework is an opportunity for pharmacy to play a meaningful role in the management of chronic diseases by enhancing the quality of patient interactions, optimising collaboration with primary care, and, ultimately, improving the health of their community.
The framework consists of two key components:
1. The Chronic Disease Service Initiation Toolkit, designed to motivate and support community pharmacy teams to establish or enhance a community based chronic disease screening and management program. The four core elements aim to upskill pharmacy teams in the value of a standardised approach to chronic disease and to operationalise this program in the pharmacy, collaborate with prescribers and promote such a service to their patients.
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a. Chronic Disease Service Framework E-Learning Module: Introduces the Initiation Toolkit and Disease-Specific Pharmacy Toolkit elements and describes how to integrate those elements into everyday pharmacy practice. |
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b. Chronic Disease Service Implementation Checklist: An operational checklist providing a summary of considerations when deciding to start or expand a chronic disease service and/or explains how to effectively integrate the service into day-to-day workflow. |
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c. Chronic Disease Service Promotion Poster: Print-on-demand poster that informs patients to initiate a conversation with the pharmacist or pharmacy team member about their chronic disease risk and/or current chronic disease. |
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d. Chronic Disease Service Prescriber Service Promotion Letter: |
2. The various Chronic Disease State Pharmacy Toolkits are designed to support, streamline, and enhance pharmacy-led early identification of chronic disease and timely intervention and management.
- Chronic Kidney Disease Pharmacy Toolkit
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Pharmacy Toolkit
- Heart Failure Pharmacy Toolkit
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The infographic is a one-page digital visual aid that serves as a quick reference guide on where, when and why to use the Chronic Disease Pharmacy Toolkit in pharmacy practice (with quick links to the toolkit’s practice resources).
Click here to download. |