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I completely agree with Shawn Tracy and Ross Upshur that physicians should become more involved in MedsCheck,1 a program in which Ontario patients with chronic diseases who take 3 or more prescription medications daily can have a free yearly consultation with a pharmacist. I also agree that it would be worthwhile to immediately submit the MedsCheck results to the patient's family or specialist physician(s). However, on the 3 occasions I did so, I was advised by the physician's office staff that they did not wish to receive MedsCheck results because they were too busy to address the issues described in the report. Instead, it was suggested that if the patient felt it would be beneficial, they could bring their MedsCheck report to their physician's office for a scheduled appointment. It seems to me that this is a more realistic course of action than bombarding physicians' offices with unrequested MedsCheck documentation.
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Competing interests: None declared.
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