Improving access to HMRs post-cardiac event
Delayed access to Home Medicines Reviews is putting patients hospitalised for cardiac events at risk of another event.
Shouldering the load
Pharmacists encounter pregnant and new mums more often than most health professionals, and can have a bird’s-eye view when things go awry.
Bitter pills
With three deaths a day involving opioid use, Thea Cowie explores what role pharmacists can play in reducing the toll and ensuring the safe use of opioids.
Q&A: Jacqueline Meyer MPS
As newly-appointed PSA Queensland President, Jacqueline Meyer has extensive experience in community pharmacy, especially in regional areas across Australia.
Ms Meyer – former Chair...
Activate more pharmacist immunisers now
The thousands of community pharmacies assessed as suitable COVID-19 vaccination sites must be activated now.
How these pharmacists support their patients’ mental health
On this year’s World Mental Health Day (10 October), the community was encouraged to ‘look after your mental health, Australia!’



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High-quality medicines reconciliation should ideally occur in the emergency department or soon after admission to the ward.
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