Keeping up with the script
E-prescriptions have provided many benefits but some problems remain, pharmacists say The transition from paper to electronic prescriptions has been met with a mixed response overall from primary care health …
‘Big-box pharmacy chains’ the 60-day winners
Independent pharmacy job losses set to rise, Coalition Senator says, as Labor accuses the previous government of ‘bending over’ to Guild pressure The federal opposition continued to wage war on …
The search for security
The continuing digitisation of most aspects of pharmacy is leading to exponential growth in the risk of cyber attacks and data breaches. What can pharmacies do? Chris Brooker investigates While …
Support for new S3 listing
Pharmacy Guild and other groups voice support for a new Schedule 3 listing for celecoxib The Pharmacy Guild of Australia and other peak health stakeholder groups have supported a decision …
Overcoming the language barrier
Community pharmacies need to do more to break down barriers for linguistically and culturally diverse patients, say academics Communication remains the greatest challenge for patients from culturally and linguistically diverse …
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The top ten
The 60-day dispensing saga continues to dominate the pharmacy agenda. Let’s look at our best read stories over the last 30 days These were the ten most read stories on …
Wanting to tear up
New research has revealed the level to which workload and workstyle is affecting pharmacists’ capacity to follow their own advice when it comes to dry eye Eye health, and the …
Labelling problems revealed by study
Incidence of incorrect labelling on dose administration aids a ‘common bugbear’ for hospital staff A recent Australian study has revealed a high prevalence of incidents relating to the labels on …
Events update
What’s coming up on the pharmacy events calendar? Going offshore The 48th PSA Offshore Conference is to be held in Madrid and San Sebastian in Spain from the 7th to …
Reaching out to the community
A community pharmacist demonstrates the importance of reaching out to the local community The AJP was recently invited by western Sydney pharmacy owner Curtis Ruhnau to see one of his …
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