Pharmacists funded under new medicine safety trial

A new intervention will target medicine safety in primary care, with the aim of reducing medicine-related hospitalisations by identifying at-risk patients.

For some, RTPM will come too late

For years RTPM has been ‘just around the corner’ in most jurisdictions. Now imminent across Australia, protecting those most at risk will require everyone to use it effectively.

Aged care revolution

Funding for on-site pharmacists in aged care heralds a new beginning for medicine safety in the sector, with pharmacists able to use their unique...

PSA recommendations to improve medicine use in disability care

A critical lack of information about medicine use by people with disability prevents pharmacists from promoting the quality use of medicines within a vulnerable group.

Cheaper and more effective acute stroke treatment

Tenecteplase may replace alteplase as the thrombolytic of choice when treating ischemic stroke, according to an Australian study published in The New England Journal...

The pharmacy service improving men’s health down under

Brad Butt MPS has been named the 2019 UTS Most Innovative Pharmacist for his pioneering work in men’s health. Mr Butt established Men’s Health Downunder...