The Pharmacy Department Conducts HMR (Home Medication Review) Implementation Around the UII Campus
FMIPA UII – On Wednesday, June 22, 2022, starting from a grant by DPPM UII, lecturers assisted by undergraduate and graduate students from the Pharmacy Department held a community service activity in the form of Home Medication Review (HMR). The activity included a series of programs: activity socialization, door-to-door counseling, and review/follow-up, aimed at residents around the UII campus, specifically in Dukuh Penen, Dukuh Candikarang, and Dukuh Cangkiran, who suffer from chronic diseases (diabetes, hypertension, stroke) whose conditions are not yet controlled in terms of medication use and their awareness of regular health check-ups.
The socialization was first conducted by undergraduate and graduate pharmacy students accompanied by apt. Mutiara Herawati, M.Sc as the Team Coordinator and apt. Suci Hanifah, Ph.D as the Head of the Pharmacy Master’s Program. Overall, the event ran smoothly with enthusiastic participation and a warm welcome from the local residents and community.
In the following week, assisted by undergraduate and graduate students, the activity continued with door-to-door visits to the targets/respondents to provide counseling about medication and health based on the respondents’ medical history. Through this, students were expected to help respondents become more aware of proper medication use and regular health check-ups at the nearest healthcare facilities or health centers.
In this activity, the team also provided tools such as stethoscopes, sphygmomanometers (blood pressure monitors), blood glucose meters, and weight scales to collect health data from the respondents.
Once the data is collected, in the following week, the team will carry out a continuous review and follow-up to monitor the respondents’ condition and awareness in regularly checking their health at local clinics. Furthermore, apt. Mutiara Herawati, M.Sc emphasized that this activity is planned to be held regularly—not just once—so that the main goal of this community service, the implementation of HMR for patients with uncontrolled medication use, can be achieved. The goal is to transform them into controlled and compliant patients who regularly use their medication and monitor their health. – Udin
