Clinical
Tackling deprescribing concerns: pharmacists raise awareness
If a patient is making jokes about taking so many medicines they “rattle”…could they be open to deprescribing? Many older people are less resistant to deprescribing than a lot of …
HIV meds now free or subsidised through hospital pharmacy
Privacy and certainty are among two key considerations in recent changes, which mean hospital pharmacists can dispense free or subsidised HIV treatment for people without Medicare Changes to HIV treatment …
Health system needs change for deprescribing
Australia’s healthcare system needs to be reformed to better support deprescribing, expert says Efforts to improve quality use of medicines in Australia are being limited by the current health system, …
SHPA launches deprescribing campaign
Hospital pharmacists are looking to empower patients and their carers to engage with health professionals to optimise their medication regimens The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) in partnership with …
‘This is the hill I’m willing to die on.’
How should GP pharmacists be paid? One pioneer in the area says it’s vital that Workforce Incentive Program payments are “quarantined” specifically for them Brooke Shelly, GP pharmacist at the …
August MIMS update
We look at some of the recent changes to the medicines landscape, with new products, new indications, contraindications and more New Products Avatrombopag (as maleate) (Doptelet) is an orally bioavailable, …
Naloxone for all
Everyone should carry naloxone, especially members of the police, a patient advocate believes Pharmacists are being urged to lobby state and territory health ministers to push for their governments to …
Evolving to meet the moment
Hospital pharmacists are embarking on what they call a transformative growth agenda The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has announced that through “unprecedented investment in practitioner recognition, speciality pharmacy …
‘Health and disability are not mutually exclusive’
Pharmacists can’t currently register as NDIS providers to boost quality use of medicines for people with intellectual disability and autism – but a new pilot is addressing an “urgent gap” …
Aged care, MMR standards approved
The Accreditation Standards for the credentialling of onsite aged care pharmacists and those conducting Medication Management Reviews have now been approved The Australian Pharmacy Council has said in a statement …
Managing transitions: identifying risk on discharge
A new digital health project is set to target the dosage and failures of prescription drugs used by patients after hospital discharge The $2.9m AutoMedic project is being led by …
Protocols, resident empowerment highlighted following death
An aged care facility resident died after being given the wrong medication, during the transition from a paper-based to electronic system Chief clinical advisor to the Aged Care Quality and …