Registering Patients for MCR

The Medicines: Care & Review (MCR) also known as Chronic Medication Service (CMS) enables people with a long term illness to register with a pharmacy of their choice for pharmaceutical care.

This may include a Medication Review provided by the pharmacist and/or a serial prescription valid for 24, 48 or 56 weeks. A patient must be registered for MCR on Pharmacy Manager before recording the service.

To register a patient for MCR:

  1. From the Pharmacy Manager Side Navigation Bar select ePharmacy and the ePharmacy screen displays.

  2. Select Service - MCR (Medicines: Care and Review):

  1. In Patient, enter the patient's name and select Search :

  2. The Find Patient screen displays. Select the required patient and select OK :

Note - If the patient is not found in Pharmacy Manager, select Add to add the patient, see Adding a New Patient for details.

  1. The Confirm patient details screen displays. Complete as follows:

    • Qualification Rules - Ensure the patient matches the qualifying criteria for MCR.

    • Personal Details - Ensure the patient's personal details are correct:

  1. Select Yes .

  2. Select Register .

  3. A CP3 form prints containing all the patient registration information. The patient or their representative must sign the CP3 form.

    Training Tip - See Reprinting the last CP3 or CP4 Form.

  4. The registration message is then sent to the ePharmacy Message Store.

Registering Patients for MCR (CMS) (1:40)

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