‘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.
COVID-19 death toll passes 2000
The federal government will provide $2 million to help develop a vaccine for COVID-19, as the death toll from the novel coronavirus continues to climb.
Supporting environmental sustainability – what can you do to help?
Advice and practical tips on how pharmacists can help lead positive change.
How are climate change and health connected?
Healthcare may not be the first thing...
Pharmacists: seize opportunities, don’t fear failure
Dimitra Hoppe MPS juggles community pharmacy with four other job roles while studying for a doctorate in public health.
In case you missed it: our most-read stories of 2020
With the COVID-19 pandemic dominating headlines for much of 2020, it’s no surprise the majority of the most-read Australian Pharmacist stories this year concerned the novel coronavirus.
Q&A: My Health Record and discharge summaries
How do I comply with My Health Record guidelines when accessing a patient’s MHR to review a discharge summary?
It’s time to use pharmacists’ skills properly
Australia’s pharmacists are underutilised. How can tapping pharmacists’ skills as medicines experts produce better healthcare outcomes?
Pharmacists are highly trained, have deep expertise in medicines,...
