hospital pharmacists
Pharmacist skills recognition has been a ‘long time coming:’ McBride
Labor’s Emma McBride talks scope, reducing medication misadventure, and identifies the place that’s Australia’s “cutting edge” of pharmacy practice Assistant minister for mental health and pharmacist Emma McBride has addressed …
Unleashing pharmacists: the hospital perspective
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 …
From no pharmacist to ‘same level of care’
A virtual pharmacy service was able to offer rural and remote hospital patients the level of pharmacist care enjoyed by people in major cities, rural pharmacists say The data, by …
Does collaborative medication ordering improve patient care?
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 …
Hospital pharmacists: the barriers to research
Lack of time, skills and mentorship have been cited as reasons why hospital pharmacists and technicians don’t get involved in research projects A new article by Jacinta L Johnson, Concettina …
First Trans-Tasman hospital pharmacy partnership forged
Australian, New Zealand hospital pharmacists hope MoU will strengthen their knowledge pool Professional collaboration and the advancement of practice in Australian and New Zealand pharmacy is a step closer today, …
Consistent approach and collaborative care needed: SHPA
SHPA welcome a review into the role of health professionals in prescribing to strengthen Australia’s strained health system The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has welcomed the federal government’s announcement …
Model reduces errors, costs, length of stay
Partnered pharmacist prescribing “benefits at every level” as SHPA launches National PPMC Credential The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) in partnership with The Alfred has launched a National …
Evolving to meet the moment
Hospital pharmacists are embarking on what they call a transformative growth agenda The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has announced that through “unprecedented investment in practitioner recognition, speciality pharmacy …
The week in review
There was a sharp contrast between confidence in the pharmacy sector late last year, and the reality mid-2023, as our headlines showed this week The University of Technology Sydney Pharmacy …
Managing transitions: identifying risk on discharge
A new digital health project is set to target the dosage and failures of prescription drugs used by patients after hospital discharge The $2.9m AutoMedic project is being led by …
Hospitals ‘the origin and future of pharmacist-led prescribing’
A new trial of hospital pharmacist prescribing, plus rostering more pharmacists over the weekend, are steps being taken to address bed block Pharmacists at one South Australian hospital will be …