Choosing Wisely: new medicines advice service arrives

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has released a list of recommendations for healthcare professionals to ensure the safe use of medicines. The launch of...

My Health Record – where to from here?

While the My Health Record (MHR) opt-out date of January 31 has come and gone, people still have the option to permanently delete their...

Keeping it renal

Outside his usual kidney care, renal pharmacist Lindon Clark can be found hiking and climbing around Queensland.

Workflow in community care

How can I improve work­flow in my community pharmacy? In improving work­flow within your community pharmacy, it is essential that you get our pharmacy team...

Over-prescribing in the elderly

Pharmacists when co-locating with GPs play a valuable role in reducing over-prescribing in older patients. Over 12 months, pharmacists in an ACT-based pilot study recommended...

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,...