‘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.
What is your 10 Year Vision?
Internationally, models of care delivered by pharmacists show significant impact in terms of better health outcomes, reduced costs to healthcare systems, and achieving full...
7CPA: An historic step forward
Last month, I was pleased to be the first PSA President to co-sign a Community Pharmacy Agreement (CPA) on behalf of the profession.
Aged care residents deserve better
Pharmacists should be embedded in aged care facilities nationwide.
The health of the aged care sector matters a great deal to PSA and the...
Bumetanide for Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, affecting up to 70% of all people with dementia.1 In the early stages, symptoms can...
Calcium and Vitamin D for premenopause
The latest findings from a Cochrane review on the benefit of supplementing premenopausal women with calcium and vitamin D.
Background
Osteoporosis (OP) is characterised by porous...
From the President: Valuing our most vulnerable
Pharmacists spending more time on the ground in aged care has become an urgent priority.
It is often said that a measure of civilisation...
