Forum: QUM Service Payment
“Could anyone tell me what the value of the QUM service payment is? Is it based on the number of beds? I can’t seem to find the value on the …
Forum: Sussan Ley chartered VIP jet that cost $12000
“The headline from the Daily Mail reads “Health Minister Sussan Ley chartered VIP jet from Canberra to the Gold Coast that cost taxpayers $12,000 for a round trip” At a …
Forum: Who’s going to use MedsAssist post Feb 1?
“Who’s going to use MedsAssist post Feb 1st?” Post a comment. Other current topics in the AJP Discussion Forum include: Veterans’ MATES – Reviewing the medicine routine – now available. …
Forum: Professional rivalry
“A light-hearted footnote to end the year. Recent postings in the popular press have been discussing the professional rivalry between GPs and Pharmacists. Who should write sick notes? Who should supply …
Forum: Painkillers with codeine to require scripts from 2018
“Painkillers containing codeine will be available only with a script from 2018, after experts deemed the risk of addiction and overdose too serious to allow pharmacists to sell the drugs …
Forum: Codeine abuse in s2 products
“I’m curious how everyone else is coping with the excessive use of s2 codeine containing products since medassist has had it’s roll out. If you are recording the s2 codeine …
Forum: tamoxifen
“I have a patient who has had three serious bouts of breast cancer. They cannot identify which gene relates to her cancer. The specialist has told the patient that there …
Forum: Whacking moles, a pharmacist and the TGA
“Excellent article Whacking moles, a pharmacist and the TGA published on the AJP website yesterday. Penned by two Monash University BMedSci/Law students it looks at the shortcomings of Australia’s complementary …
Forum: Pharmacist innovations save $$$
“A Recent study published in the European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy on the Economic value of pharmacy-led medicines reconciliation (MR), concluded that Pharmacy-led MR on admission has significant economic, as well …
Forum: β-Blockers, heart disease and COPD
“Where do you start when unexpectedly you find yourself with a new patient presenting for the first time with a beta blocker for their heart failure, whom you also note …
Forum: Ethical conundrum re: patient treatment & OHS
“A nursing home my pharmacy services has two patients who have chronic, asymptomatic hepatitis C infection. For one patient, there is little issue. There is no symptoms as discussed, and …
Forum: Let Pharmacists take control of medicines risks?
“A recent systematic review in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology entitled The effect of prescriber education on medication related patient harm in the hospital came to the conclusion that …