Electronic prescribing

Ultimately, it took the COVID-19 pandemic to crystallise the immediate medicine safety and public health imperative for electronic prescriptions.

The White way

Joint PSA Lifetime Achievement Award winners Terry and Rhonda White AO discuss the origins of one of pharmacy’s most recognisable brands.

Beetroot juice for increasing exercise in heart failure

Why patients might ask about beetroot juice as a treatment for heart failure. Beetroot is a staple in pretty much every true Aussie hamburger. However,...

Pharmacists and the Aged Care Royal Commission

Critical problems with medication management, including overuse of psychotropic medicines on aged care facility residents were among the findings of the Interim Report of...

The role of pharmacists in supporting the health and wellbeing of...

Local community pharmacists play a vital role in improving health outcomes for LGBTI people and people living with HIV. There has been greater recognition of...

Will a repurposed drug help treat COVID-19?

There are 344 registered interventional clinical trials under way for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19. The WHO is looking at four of them.