Are there opportunities for regional models for medication management services related to sterile compounding?

The College collaborated with the North East LHIN ’s Hospital Pharmacy Peer Group to develop an integrated strategy for hospital pharmacy medication management services as a region. The North East LHIN Regional Pharmacy Strategy was published on July 2018 and provides a framework to guide LHINs and hospitals to work together to make regional decisions that will ensure hospitals, as a region, collectively provide medication management services according to standards. The strategy acknowledges the importance of broader medication management practices but focuses on sterile compounding and prioritizes patient safety through the critical elements, patient access to services and optimizing volume of service delivery as a region. LHINs and hospitals may choose to use this framework to inform a coordinated regional approach to capital funding requests that accurately reflect the needs of the region. If LHINs and hospitals determine that there is a need for capital investments after going through the process outlined in the strategy, a LHIN-coordinated submission to the Ministry of Health for funding is recommended. 
 
(LHIN = Local Health Integration Network. As of April 2021, Ontario’s LHINs have transitioned to Ontario Health as Home and Community Care Support Services)