COVID-19 spreading locally

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Health authorities have urged Australians returning from Iran to self-quarantine for 14 days as Australia reports its first cases of human-to-human transmission of COVID-19. There...

Caring for our elders

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This Royal Commission is an opportunity to improve how we care for our elderly, and release the chains holding pharmacists back from preventing inappropriate...

Practice advice Q&A: Fax machines

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How can our medical system still rely so heavily on the fax machine for crucial communications? What are the modern alternatives? Prior to the inception...

Pharmacy Board’s measured step on prescribing

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The Pharmacy Board of Australia has recognised that pharmacists should be able to prescribe under two monitored models of prescribing, in a move welcomed...

Medicine safety – a new national priority

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A watershed moment for patients, pharmacists and medicine safety was reached last week when federal, state and territory health ministers declared Medicine Safety and...

Q&A: My Health Record and discharge summaries

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How do I comply with My Health Record guidelines when accessing a patient’s MHR to review a discharge summary?