Is technology helping make medicine use in Australia safer?

After chairing the Medication Safety and Efficiency Conference, Deborah Hawthorne reflects on whether digital health is making care safer.

Urinary incontinence: let’s talk about leaks

Incontinence often leads to reduced quality of life and is under-recognised due to stigma.

Q&A: Safescript

I want to implement SafeScript in my pharmacy. What do I do, and how long does the process take? SafeScript is an initiative by the...

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.

Screening for kidney disease starts in pharmacy

Pharmacists are helping detect CKD sooner through point-of-care testing and risk assessment that connect at-risk patients with their GP. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a...

PSA standards for CPD for pharmacists now published

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) recently launched the PSA Standards for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for Pharmacists, marking a new era for the...