Lighting the beacon
How to increase your profile as a ‘beacon’ pharmacy for women’s health? Glenn Guilfoyle provides some tips So you are looking to increase your pharmacy’s women’s health profile, and become …
The shape of things to come
What might the pandemic recovery period look like for community pharmacy? Mal Scrymgeour and Bruce Annabel take a glimpse into the future Speculating about the recovery we might expect after …
Advertising in the 1930s
A Tasmanian news magazine from August 1930 shines a light on advertising claims for medicines of that time, writes Ralph Tapping The Illustrated Tasmanian Mail was a 70-page weekly magazine …
Businesses get extension for instant asset write-off
In its latest move to spur business investment, the government will extend its $150,000 instant assets write-off until the end of the year, writes Michelle Grattan from the University of …
A look back at a reforming Agreement
A spokesperson for the Pharmacy Guild takes a look at the outcomes of the 6CPA In a little under three weeks, the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement will expire, making it …
Key points on image-based dispensing
PDL says it has received a number of calls from pharmacists about supplying certain medicines via a digital image of a script PDL has issued an update for its Queensland …
Digital health: where to next
Electronic prescriptions are here, but are you taking full advantage of this innovative technology, or are you still trying to do everything the ‘old way’? by Ben Wilkins In conjunction …
Dealing with epidemics
Ralph Tapping takes a closer look at two relatively recent epidemics that generated fear and apprehension, but also led to vital medical breakthroughs In our last column, we discussed the …
Top five tips for avoiding errors
PDL has issued advice to members about five key ways to avoid making dispensing errors Compare the millilitres vs milligrams dose Mixtures expressed in mg/ml are frequently implicated in dispensing …
What’s new about take-home naloxone?
Free take home naloxone is available in three states under a pilot program. Here’s how you can get involved Every day, 3 people die from opioid-related drug induced death in …
Getting e-prescription prepared
COVID-19 has fast-tracked the introduction of e-prescribing. So how do you get your pharmacy e-prepared? asks Ben Wilkins How you deliver care to your patients is an area that is …
Returning to ‘normal’
Coronavirus lockdown made many of us anxious. But for some people, returning to “normal” might be scarier, write Amy Dawel, Eryn Newman and Sonia McCallum, Australian National University Many Australians …