‘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.
Medicines as a team sport
How pharmacists can respond to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community needs in an integrated, collaborative way that uses their full set of skills....
Improved medicines use must be a target of mental health reform
Mental illness has been treated as an ‘add-on to the physical health system’, the Productivity Commission has found, with up to 1 million Australians...
PSA: pharmacists need support to improve Australia’s health
Following the announcement of this year’s Federal Election date, PSA looks forward to working with an incoming Government to support a healthier Australia by...
PSA launches bold five-year plan for pharmacy
A new vision for the role of pharmacists launched PSA18 in Sydney today, with the unveiling of PSA’s Pharmacists in 2023: A Discussion Paper,...
PBS listings for cancer, Parkinson’s and motor neurone disease
Since 1 April, medicines crucial to those suffering from cancer, Parkinson’s and motor neurone disease have become available on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
The...
Don’t judge the obese
Most people with clinically severe obesity live and die without the underlying disease having ever been treated, leading global expert in obesity, Professor John...
