‘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.More data needed to tackle costs of cold chain breaches
A pilot study investigating loss of medicines due to cold chain breaches (CCB) in community pharmacies in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia, has...
Supporting terminally ill patients
Having an easily-accessible palliative care pharmacist in every community would improve medicine management for terminally ill Australians, said Helen Stone MPS, PSA State and Territory Manager South Australia and Northern Territory.
Fostering cultural safety
There are a few simple techniques that can go a long way toward making transgender and gender-diverse patients, as well as all LGBTQIA+ people, feel welcome and respected.
Digital first
Andrew Matthews MPS is the Australian Digital Health Agency’s Director of Medicines Safety. In that role, he hopes to ensure pharmacists are fundamental to healthcare’s digital future.
Expert advice for navigating R U OK? conversations
R U OK? Day (14 September) provides the perfect opportunity for pharmacists to check how patients are coping.
Consumers want to see pharmacy services expand
Consumers desire greater specialisation and increased services from the pharmacy profession, which should be front of mind in community pharmacy practice.
Consumer input into pharmacy...
