CWH celebrates first quarter additions
Chemist Warehouse’s expansion in the Australian market is continuing with five new stores opening in the first three months of 2024 Discount giant, Chemist Warehouse (CWH), has added stores in …
Electronic medical records a ‘step-change’ for safety
Electronic medical records (EMRs) play a key role in averting medication errors in hospital settings, researcher reports Media reports linking EMRs to adverse events overlook the significant medicines safety benefits …
‘I don’t know if a lot of pharmacists want to get into selling vapes’
The vaping bill is read a second time, with the National Party arguing again for a similar approach to vaping as Australia has adopted towards tobacco The Albanese’s prescription-only approach, …
MedAdvisor fast-tracks AI
Medication software provider MedAdvisor Solutions says it is rapidly deploying artificial intelligence (AI) to take the burden off pharmacists and improve both its margins and patient care model In a …
World News Wrapup: 28 March 2024
Pharmacy chain bans children from buying advanced anti-ageing skincare; diabetes medicine mixup sees Dublin woman suffer fatal seizure; proposed mifepristone restrictions in US Supreme Court Stockholm, Sweden: The Apotek Hjärtat …
Boy’s methadone death was in ‘high-risk’ circumstances
A pharmacist who dispensed methadone to parents of a boy who died from ingesting the drug has suggested a “better system” for informing employee pharmacists, especially when owners are absent …
‘They have supported my family for generations’
Capital Chemist Southlands has been congratulated in Parliament as the winner of the 2024 Guild Pharmacy of the Year Federal Member for Bean, David Smith MP, said on Wednesday (27 …
SHPA marks first Hospital Pharmacy Day
Hospital pharmacy workers are marking their contributions to healthcare as part of the inaugural Hospital Pharmacy Day The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) has joined the European Association …
ATAGI scraps prior infection rule for Covid boosters
Eligibility criteria for accessing a Covid-19 vaccine booster no longer require a six-month gap between a positive test and getting a shot Patients who would be eligible for a …
Pharmacy key to boosting kids flu vaccination rates
NCIRS director hails pharmacy as a solution to boosting influenza vaccination uptake among school-aged children Community pharmacies need to be promoted as destinations where children aged five years and older …
Action required to combat rural workforce crisis
Access to primary healthcare in rural areas is set to get worse in the coming years, if steps are not taken to encourage practitioners to go to the bush Steps …
To dip or not to dip?
A program delivered by pharmacists has seen positive results around reduction of unnecessary urine dipstick testing in aged care homes Pharmacist-led education to support behaviour change around urine dipstick testing …