Medicine safety – the importance of health literacy
Communication is key to ensuring patient health literacy.
Options to change pharmacy’s future
The Interim Report of the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation (RPRR) arrived on 22 June and the world of pharmacy as we know...
Preventing emergency department use for non-urgent care
Emergency department (ED) presentations for non-urgent care can be lessened through improved healthcare services in the community, a new report has found.
The Australian Institute...
From tea leaves to the world
Despite its flaws, theophylline remains available in Australia.
Messages from the Medicine Safety Forum
As the custodians of medicine safety, promoting the judicious, quality and safe use of medicines is key to pharmacists’ roles. But it is also...
From hocus pocus to quality use of medicines
University of South Australia Emeritus Professor Lloyd Sansom AO FPS has led improvements in the quality use of medicines in Australia and internationally.
When...
