hospital discharge
Pharmacists told, ‘Just get them out of the hospital.’
Pharmacy is often the barrier to hospital discharge, a leading pharmacist has told an inquiry into ambulance ramping and access block Jonathan Penm, chair of the NSW branch committee of …
Mandatory pharmacy discharge review suggested
A pre-discharge pharmacy review could have led to a different outcome for a man who died of haemorrhagic stroke, a coroner’s court has heard Deputy State Coroner Jacqui Hawkins made …
Call for a months’ worth of medicines
Pharmacist body calls for more agreements to supply greater amounts of discharge medicines, and access to this PBS co-payment measure The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) has called …
Pharmacists crucial to ICU follow-up
More than 80% of COVID-19 ICU patients required a medication intervention in this study, with a pharmacist stepping in to identify changes Pharmacists can deliver interventions that provide significant benefit …
ACT pharmacist jabs limited
Pharmacists in Australia’s capital need better support help people being discharged from hospital, one stakeholder says as the ACT election draws near The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia is calling on …
Better access for CTG patients
Hospital doctors will now be able to write Close The Gap scripts – but hospital pharmacies are still left out of the scheme An announcement by the Commonwealth Department of …
Clinical tips: discharge
Keep an eye on patients being discharged from hospital, as they may have been prescribed a potentially inappropriate medicine, writes Ben Basger Would you know if an older patient of …