‘We’re increasingly seeing incidents where alert fatigue has been identified as a contributing factor. It’s not that there wasn’t an alert in place, but that it was lost among the other alerts the clinician saw,’ Prof Baysari says.High-dose antipsychotic therapy: does it have a role?
A high proportion of people prescribed antipsychotic polypharmacy are also taking high-dose antipsychotic therapy.
Pregnancy planning and care: nutrient considerations
Pregnancy planning should include dietary and nutrient considerations to ensure healthy fetal growth and development.
Medication management in older Australians
A national pharmacy-led working group dedicated to improving the quality use of medicines for older Australians has issued 10 recommendations for better integrating healthcare...
Rural and remote pharmacists need more support
In many rural and remote communities, the pharmacy is often the first stop for any health care question – whether medicine-related or not.
Infographic: Here’s how many people pharmacists have vaccinated
So far, community pharmacists have administered enough COVID-19 vaccine doses to fully vaccinate more than 1 million people. But that's just a number – here's what it really looks like.
7CPA: a step forward in improving medicine safety
As the detail of the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement is worked out, five subject matter experts share their thoughts so far.
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