hospital admissions
Long-term opioids higher after ED, trauma admissions
Codeine combinations most dispensed after hospital discharge, with some groups revealing higher rates of long-term opioid use, study finds Long-term use of opioids following hospital admission or emergency department (ED) …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Reducing Medical Admissions and Presentations Into Hospital through Optimising Medicines (REMAIN HOME) Integrating pharmacists into 14 general practices to review medicine …
Let us help
Pharmacy organisations have responded to a Productivity Commission report that reveals there were nearly 3 million avoidable emergency presentations in 2017-18 Nationally there were around 2.9 million “avoidable” presentations to …
Case study: Spotting the error
Why it’s imperative that pharmacists should be involved at both hospital admission and discharge This month the SHPA spoke out in support of hospital pharmacists, following reports of understaffing, workload …
Pharmacy key in ‘third wave’ health reforms
The Pharmacy Guild has begun talks with Health Minister Greg Hunt to discuss how pharmacy can help avoid hospital admissions In this week’s edition of Guild newsletter Forefront, national executive …