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Understanding Customer Chesty and Dry Cough Concerns
The role of the pharmacist The role of the pharmacist in supporting a customer in understanding their cough and about the quality use of medicines for all types of coughs …
Pharmacy: the frontline of opioid dependence care
Pharmacists play an important role in reducing the harms of opioid dependence Opioid agonist treatment has been shown to reduce the harms related to opioid dependence in the community, including …
Advice Point: Immunisation
Maternal immunisation: How pharmacists can help close the gaps What is the recommended routine maternal immunisation schedule? The routine schedule includes influenza at any time during pregnancy, pertussis (dTpa) at …
Smart Health for Pharmacies helps Southside Chempro serve more customers, faster
Discover how Southside Chempro transformed its payment experience with CommBank Smart Health for Pharmacies — streamlining in-person and remote transactions, cutting costs, reducing phone payments, and improving service for customers …
A Dermatologists’ guide to personalising acne treatment
When it comes to the treatment of acne, Pharmacists can often be the first point of contact for an acne sufferer seeking treatment and advice. It is important to understand …
A Dermatologists’ guide to holistic skincare routines with acne treatment
While treatment is a definitive therapeutic component in the management of acne, adjunctive skincare is just as important in alleviating symptoms and signs of disease, reducing the use of therapeutic …
Gerald Tracey: Collaborative care and supporting the transition to biosimilars
Rheumatologist, Dr Gerald Tracey explains the opportunities biosimilars present for prescribing physicians, particularly given the government supported streamlined process. Gerald highlights the advantages of collaborative care between the prescriber and …
Trent Twomey: The role of pharmacists and physicians in supporting a patient-centric narrative
Trent Twomey, the National President of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia highlights the shifting power dynamic from physicians to patients in determining what medicines they are prescribed. Collaborative care is …
Andrew Oster: The power of collaborative care in transitioning to biosimilars
Professor Andrew Oster, Consultant Rheumatologist at the Cabrini Medical Centre in Malvern, Victoria, explains the opportunities biosimilars bring, allowing patients to switch medications. Given the interchangeability of biosimilars, he emphasises …
Eric Chan: Cultivating a relationship of trust between pharmacist and physician
Head of Pharmacy at Blooms The Chemist, Eric Chan emphasises the importance of collaborative care in cultivating a relationship of trust and transparency between a pharmacist and physician. He outlines …
George Tambassis: Empowering and educating pharmacists on biosimilars
George Tambassis, Pharmacist, ex-National Guild President, and chair of the Australian Biosimilar Academy Advisory Board outlines the importance of pharmacist involvement in understanding biosimilars. Given the government supported Community Pharmacy …
Professor Andrew McLachlan presents the recent trends and gaps identified in OA pain management
In this video, Professor Andrew McLachlan discusses how a patient’s health literacy can impact their choice of self-management strategies for OA symptoms and how a lack of condition awareness can …