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Keeping things private
Forward dispensing may increase the risk of pharmacy privacy breaches, authorities warn Regulators have again warned pharmacies over the need to ensure patient privacy and confidentiality, in even the most …
Come fly with me
Is offering comprehensive travel health advice and assessment a future practice opportunity for pharmacists? Australian pharmacies could be looking to offer expanded travel health services as a future practice opportunity, …
Pharmacy’s 12 Agenda Setters
We reveal who our readers believe are the pharmacists showing the way forward for the profession AJP set out on the quest to find pharmacy’s agenda setters with a number …
The week in review
Following a whirlwind week in politics, we heard from all corners of pharmacy about ownership, GP pharmacists, real-time monitoring and more This week began with confirmation that Greg Hunt had …
Top award for pharmacy program
A medicines reduction program run by the University of Tasmania has won an award for services to mental health The University of Tasmania’s RedUSe (Reducing Use of Sedatives) program has …
Can MHR help reduce medication misadventure?
My Health Record can help prevent medication misadventures that see more than 230,000 people end up in hospital each year, says Dr Steve Hambleton Each year, approximately 230,000 Australians are …
Changes underway for MHR
Greg Hunt has introduced legislation strengthening privacy for My Health Record Health Minister Greg Hunt has this month introduced the My Health Records Amendment (Strengthening Privacy) Bill 2018 into Parliament. …
Pharmacists: Prepare for thunderstorm asthma season
What you need to know to prepare your patients and reduce fatalities this coming Spring season National Asthma Week (September 1- 7) is the perfect time to remind patients to …
Pharmacist caught stealing cash and medicines from employer
The Perth pharmacist, who covered up his theft by deleting scripts and adjusting stock levels, has been disqualified and forced to pay thousands Fremantle pharmacist Junliang Gary Goh was working …
World News Wrapup: 31 August 2018
This week, a violent customer who stabbed two pharmacists appears in court, New Zealand sees a new pharmacy group for its Pacific population and a promise of no post-Brexit meds …
A matter of urgency
More government ‘buck-passing’ is delaying the introduction of real-time monitoring, says NSW Guild president The NSW government is again placing patient lives at risk by delaying any moves to introduce …
Australia-first hospital pharmacy residency program ‘hits its stride’
The third annual symposium of the SHPA Residency Program was held this week in Brisbane Expanding and improving the experiences of future hospital pharmacy leaders was in focus at the …