Medicine safety in aged care must be improved

One in five unplanned hospital admissions for aged care residents is the result of inappropriate medicines use, a new report from PSA reveals.

From the President: Accredited pharmacists will always have a home at...

The PSA has committed to offering all pharmacists accreditation opportunities through its new Accreditation Credentialling Program, along with career-long support for pharmacists, from pharmacists.

Research winners for PSA18

Researchers examining polypharmacy within aged populations have won the best paper and best poster categories at PSA18. Lauren Corre and a team of University of...

Real-time prescription monitoring and medicine safety

Real-time prescription monitoring systems such as SafeScript are empowering pharmacists to improve medicine safety – a key insight gleaned from PSA’s recent VIC/TAS Annual...

The mental health researcher

Claire O’Reilly was an intern pharmacist when a patient experience got her thinking about a pharmacist’s role in improving mental health care. Now she’s...

The pharmacist philosopher

Academic and MMR-credentialed pharmacist Evgeniy Miroshnichenko MPS is a philosopher at heart, constantly learning more about the world.