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collaborative prescribing


Full scope, consistent funding models and a nationally consistent approach to pharmacy roles are the future, say hospital pharmacists The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has made six recommendations …

A new project has compared usual medical prescribing with a model involving collaboration with a pharmacist The study, Evaluating collaborative ordering of medications by a pharmacist on a general medical …

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 …

Australia is “way behind” when it comes to using pharmacists in patient care, says an outspoken Melbourne pharmacist responding to GP concerns Pardeep Singh, a Melbourne pharmacist who has repeatedly …

Community pharmacy has seen its role enhanced during the pandemic, so what does it need to do to further this? PSA has outlined some key steps Prescribing of Schedule 4 …

Pharmacist prescribing in Australia is nearly two decades behind that in the UK, but will doctors manage to retain medical dominance? There is room for further acceptance of prescribing as …

Leading researchers argue for why pharmacist prescribing should be autonomous, and criticise language surrounding emergency provisions during the Australian bushfires The case for pharmacist prescribing and what this should look …

Collaborative prescribing sees hospital pharmacists achieve a 90% error-free rate on medication orders compared with 26% for medical officers Pharmacists in the emergency department and admissions unit setting have been …