When normal glucose doesn’t mean normal risk
A patient can develop diabetic ketoacidosis even when their glucose reading looks normal. Here’s why pharmacists need to keep an eye on ketones, particularly in people taking SGLT2 inhibitors.
The accidental pharmacist
Cathie Reid MPS is an entrepreneur, a self-confessed ‘tech geek’, a philanthropist and healthcare pioneer. But her career trajectory could have been very different...
Opinion: hospital pharmacists can support improved transitions into aged care
The latest medicine safety report from the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA), Medicine Safety: Aged Care, shines a light on problems with the safety...
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.
Are unconscious gender biases widening the Australian gender pain gap?
Pain is a highly complex and subjective phenomenon, characterised by high levels of inter-individual variability.1,2 This can make it difficult to quantify and compare...
New global goals for pharmacy
Promoting antimicrobial stewardship, patient safety and digital health are just three of the new global goals for pharmacy launched by FIP on Monday.
