New healthcare rights charter focuses on patient partnership
The new Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights has a strong focus on the partnership between healthcare professionals and patients to improve health outcomes. With...
Myths around asthma remain strong, new research finds
Fewer than half of all Australians can correctly identify asthma as a chronic disease that doesn’t go away, according to new Asthma Australia research.¹
In...
Drivers’ prescription drug use under greater scrutiny
Pharmacists face new challenges when it comes to advising patients how prescription drug-use could affect their driving performance.
A change to the legal definition...
Pharmacist recognised for contribution to pain management
Pharmacists who have an interest in a specific field are in charge of their own development, says pain expert Joyce McSwan, who was recently...
Clinical governance: shared responsibility, a common goal
New principles will help guide design and delivery of high-quality pharmacy services.
We have a high-quality health system in Australia, and a first-class pharmacy...
Pharmacists vital leaders in Australian community during COVID-19 crisis
After a summer of bushfires, the outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China (later named COVID-19) was reported in January.
