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Cyber security: you must take it seriously
With their systems containing data relating to the healthcare needs of almost every Australian, community pharmacies are far from immune to the threat of cyber-attacks With major data breaches at …
The burden of pain
Janet Doyle takes an in-depth look at chronic pain, and the issues affecting people living with it “Educate GPs that I am not after medication just because I am asking …
Co-packing in dose administration aids: Is low dose aspirin stable?
Stability studies of repackaged medicines are typically performed on tablets individually packed, yet Dose Administration Aids are used in the management of polypharmacy. How does aspirin, frequently co-packed, perform under …
When the going gets tough…the big start acquiring
Australia’s major banner groups are almost all heralding expansion of some description, but with rising interest rates and wages, significant inflation and the end of the COVID boom, what does …
Pharmacy divided on need for immigration
Pharmacist registration numbers are at near record levels, but reports of shortages persist across the country, writes Nick O’Donoghue Despite having almost 36,000 pharmacists registered with the Pharmacy Board of …
Seeing red: managing psoriasis
While topical corticosteroids are the first-line treatment for mild psoriasis, counselling on adherence, comorbidities and lifestyle modifications can make a world of difference Psoriasis is a common chronic immune-mediated disease …
Pharmacist prescribing: the clinical merits
Australia has been slow to accept the extension of pharmacists’ scope of practice into prescribing. John Wilks looks into the international literature, and the impact of charting programs Pharmacist prescribers …
Keeping above the waterline
Pharmacists went “above and beyond” during the 2022–23 series of flood disasters, but more needs to be done to allow them to offer the best support they can When the …
Boosting the numbers
With the ‘carrot’ of protecting workers’ rights failing to attract new members, some unions want a ‘stick’ to coax employees who benefit from pay deals into joining their organisations Union …
My Health Record is meant to empower patients…
But with little useful information stored, is it worth saving? asks Megan Prictor, Senior Lecturer in Law, the University of Melbourne Australia’s My Health Record is a national, integrated electronic …
We got some key things wrong about long COVID
Here are five things we’ve learnt, writes Peter Wark, University of Newcastle In late 2020 as we hid from COVID behind the moat of “fortress Australia”, we started to hear …
Taking the change opportunity: WholeLife Pharmacy and Healthfoods Cairns
We conclude our series profiling the 2023 Pharmacy of the Year finalists with WholeLife Pharmacy and Healthfoods Pease Street Cairns, Qld Patient demands, coupled with wide-ranging and extensive research, helped …