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Improved medicines use must be a target of mental health reform
Mental illness has been treated as an ‘add-on to the physical health system’, the Productivity Commission has found, with up to 1 million Australians...
Counselling patients on ineffective health apps
While health and fitness apps promise to improve the quality of life for users through positive behavioural changes, few systematic reviews have collated their...
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)....
Consumer vision for pharmacy practice
It is difficult to overstate the importance of the present and potential future role of the pharmacist in the day-to-day health care of most...
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...
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...
