Deborah Williams at the Chemist Warehouse Australian Open pop-up pharmacy[/caption]
Rebecca Davies[/caption]
Professor Clare Collins[/caption]
Associate Professor Trevor Steward[/caption]
Gap in knowledge for breastfeeding mothers seeking CAMs
Research from Curtin University published in 2017 found that pharmacists providing advice to lactating mothers who are seeking complementary medicines are finding the lack...
Improving medicines use in aged care
We know that there are high levels of medicines use in the aged care setting, which is not surprising given the demographics of residents and...
Collaborative prescribing to improve patient outcomes
The results of a study examining collaborative prescribing in Australian hospitals indicates that the practice, already successfully trialled in the US and the UK,...
Pharmacists key to reducing antimicrobial resistance
A third report outlining the ongoing threat of antimicrobial resistance has been released by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare (ACSQHC)....
From the President: Integrate further into primary healthcare and work together
Earlier this year the outgoing Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt announced the government would allocate $345.7 million in the 2022–23 federal Budget for pharmacists in aged care.
Australians’ understanding of their medicines falls short
Research into older Australians taking multiple medicines has highlighted fragmented communication between prescribers and shortcomings in patient understanding of their various medicines.
In a study...
