Bulletin 250503 — Update to MedsCheck Program notification requirements
To: Primary Care Providers, Physician Services
Category: Physician services
Written by: Health Programs and Delivery Division
Date issued: May 26, 2025
Bulletin Number: 250503
Overview
MedsCheck is a one-on-one consultation between a patient and a pharmacist (or an intern/pharmacy student under pharmacist supervision) to review a patient's medication profile, provide education, resolve drug therapy problems, and improve medication adherence and patient clinical outcomes.
In fall 2024, the ministry undertook consultations to explore ways to improve the MedsCheck program to support health outcomes while reducing unnecessary service duplication and administrative red tape.
Implementation of streamlined notice requirements
Effective May 26, 2025, pharmacists are no longer required to send the MedsCheck Personal Medication Record to a patient’s primary prescriber using a standardized notification letter/fax template if no follow up issues are identified during a MedsCheck and no actions are required by the prescriber.
In the context of the MedsCheck Program, pharmacists will continue to be required to send notifications when follow-up issues are identified during a MedsCheck and/or the notification is necessary to support the patient’s care.
This change will reduce administrative burden for pharmacists and primary care providers.
Keywords/Tags
MedsCheck; medication reviews, administrative burden
Contact information
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