‘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.Early elixir: Caffeine, the most widely used psychoactive drug in the...
It’s effective, cheap, legal and relatively safe. Caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive drug in the world.
A credentialed GP ECP
WA’s ECP of the Year Jade Swarbrick MPS is passionate about patient-centred care and mental health advocacy in her GP pharmacist role.
Real-time update
Real-time prescription monitoring (RTPM) is gaining momentum and now operates across large swathes of Australia. What does it mean for pharmacists?
New Zealand model of OTC sildenafil earns praise
A small study has investigated community pharmacist attitudes to the over-the-counter (OTC) supply of sildenafil in New Zealand, finding it has enhanced their primary...
Maintaining standards
The PSA’s WA Pharmacist of the Year Richard Smirk serves as the Clinical Advisor Pharmacy at the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) in Perth.
5 ways patients judge your professionalism
Professional behaviour as a component of professionalism can often be seen in how we talk to people, our body language, our communication.
