Hepatitis C deaths fall sharply but cure access dropping

The introduction of direct-acting antivirals therapies for hepatitis C in 2016 has contributed to a 20% decline in deaths attributed to the disease, but...

Bringing pharmacists into the digital future

PSA has unveiled a new digital health report, Connecting the dots: Digitally empowered pharmacists, at the PSA19 conference. The report, funded by the Australian Digital...

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...

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...

Navigating South Pacific health care on a sea of data

A group of Melbourne pharmacists have developed a data aggregation and visualisation platform used for strengthening health supply chains, disaster response and improving health...

Indirect impacts of COVID-19

Australia has had relative success in suppressing the COVID-19 virus, but there continues to be myriad ongoing and wide ranging indirect impacts.