‘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.
Pharmacist vaccinations: ‘there needs to be a sustainable model’
From COVID-19 to influenza, pharmacists help to protect millions of Australians through vaccination services. But a lack of funding and access could have ‘dire consequences’ for the nation.
Electronic prescribing
Ultimately, it took the COVID-19 pandemic to crystallise the immediate medicine safety and public health imperative for electronic prescriptions.
The COVID-19 vaccinator
Jamie Dalton MPS was among the first group of Australian community pharmacists to join the national COVID-19 rollout in June in his own slice of ‘paradise’ – Mission Beach, Queensland.
Age-related macular degeneration
Case Scenario
Kerry, 71 years, presents at the hospital emergency department with a 6-week history of sudden-onset right eye visual deterioration. The optometrist referral queries...
How to plan for the upcoming CPD year
There are five steps to a successful Continuing Professional Development (CPD): plan, do, record, reflect and report.
What to do when faced with prescribing errors
What is best practice for community pharmacists for addressing GP prescribing errors?
One outcome of a pharmacist’s responsibility may be the need to contact a...
