‘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.
Apps for health records
A range of apps enable pharmacists and patients to see and/or manage their medical information.
As the benefits of My Health Record (MHR) become...
The locum pharmacist from Iran
Sepehr Shafizadeh MPS lost his father to COVID-19 3 months ago, shortly before sitting a BCPS exam. He is now a locum in Mackay, Queensland.
Changes to antipsychotic dispensing trends
A new report revealed that there has been a significant reduction in antipsychotic dispensing in the past 5 years.
COVID-19: Medicine supply changes and increased social distancing
Elective surgeries will be cancelled, Australians are banned from travelling overseas and more non-essential businesses will close their doors as cases of COVID-19 in Australia surge past 2,000.
Demystifying the pharmacist PhD career pathway
As pharmacists break down traditional boundaries and work in novel fields, we sought to explore one of the less common career pathways – the...
A tragic medication error
In 2016, Melissa Sheldrick experienced the unthinkable when her son Andrew died due to a medication error. Without apportioning blame, she has since worked...
