‘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.
Taking an idea to reality
The winner of the first PSA Shark Tank is no minnow. SetDose has a $42 billion problem in its sights: medication and dosing errors.
To...
More vaccinations now available in NSW pharmacies
Whooping cough and measles vaccinations can now be performed by pharmacists in New South Wales (NSW), after approval by the state government.
The initiative, which...
Why pharmacists should be embedded in healthcare teams
The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s (PSA) Pharmacists in 2023 report found that the inclusion of pharmacists in healthcare teams will ensure that medicines are used...
Patrick Reid extended interview
I've been lobbying pretty hard for a long time as both a pharmacist and the CEO of a large aged-care provider for pharmacists to...
Myths around asthma remain strong, new research finds
Fewer than half of all Australians can correctly identify asthma as a chronic disease that doesn’t go away, according to new Asthma Australia research.¹
In...
Three aspects of pharmacy practice addressed
Experts address the pharmacy practice questions that arise in relation to ECP salary negotiation, GP working relationships and commencing a RMMR service.
Q: I’m an...
