E-medication management not a ‘panacea’: study
Organisations must remain vigilant to the risk of new errors following the roll-out of eMM systems, say Melbourne medication safety pharmacists While electronic medication management systems (eMMS) have been demonstrated …
World news wrapup: 28 June 2018
A third Chemist Warehouse for New Zealand; Welsh-speaking pharmacy program for Gywnedd; UK considering online pharmacy crackdown Auckland: Chemist Warehouse is continuing it rollout across the Tasman with a third …
Getting a blue card
Should pharmacists routinely hand out adverse event reporting cards? A petition calling for this is now before Parliament A petition presented to the House of Representatives this week calls for …
Parliament honours late pharmacist MP
Federal Parliamentarians have paid their respects to a pharmacist who was a minister in the Whitlam government Federal Parliament has this week paid respect to the honourable Joseph Max Berinson, …
Woman dumps poo at Chemist Warehouse
A woman abused staff at a Chemist Warehouse and dumped a bag of human faeces on the pharmacy’s counter The Courier-Mail and Daily Mail report that a woman has faced …
Thunderstorm asthma showed what pharmacy does
Stakeholders have urged pharmacists to talk to patients with asthma and allergy about thunderstorm asthma The calls have come during the inquest into the deaths of 10 people during the …
Certainty needed to employ with confidence
COSBOA has called for Labor not to roll back tax cuts for small businesses if elected Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has confirmed Labor’s stance on tax cuts for business, saying …
Safescript only the first step
Victoria has added codeine to its Safescript real-time monitoring program in a move welcomed by the PSA State Minister for Health Jill Hennessy said that laws coming into effect on …
DDS expands health food concept
Discount Drug Stores is set to partner with FRED NXT for its new retail platform Discount Drug Stores announced a range of new retail concepts and technological advancements at its …
Nine ways to shine
The Pharmacy Guild has identified nine pathways of the future in its CP2025 research project Community pharmacies of the future will have a greater focus on services for the safe …
Positive impacts on a range of health factors
New research reveals community pharmacist-led interventions can positively impact on medication adherence, BP control, cholesterol management, COPD and asthma control Researchers from the School of Pharmacy at The University of …
Not on my watch…
An Internet storm is caused by a US pharmacist’s refusal to supply, but could it also happen in Australia? A US woman says she was publicly shamed and left in …