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Improved access to care, quality use of medicines and increased efficiency are reasons to support pharmacist prescribing, according to the artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT  With pharmacist prescribing trials fuelling tension …

Gaps in the development of health information communication technology (ICT) may hinder the “inevitable” implementation of pharmacist prescribing, researchers warn.   A review of 20 existing health ICT evaluation frameworks, …

Australia needs to establish a telepharmacy policy and regulations to boost the use of services, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) NSW Branch Vice President, Dr Sarah Dineen-Griffin, believes.   Dr …

Free online dispensing simulator sees Monash’s pharmacy faculty take out AFR Higher Education Award for teaching and learning excellence MyDispense, an online simulator developed at Monash University, which allows pharmacy …

An Australian-made online “serious gaming” platform is helping pharmacists practise patient care in a safe learning environment Researchers at Curtin University in Western Australia have developed a novel online interactive …

The ACT’s territory-wide Digital Health Record has now gone live in hospitals… while one stakeholder calls for a scope of practice trial “On behalf of the hospital pharmacy sector I …

New Zealand pharmacy leader calls for inappropriate prescribing crackdown; sentence reduced for Canadian pharmacist who faked robbery; pharmacist drowns providing health care New Zealand: A leading pharmacist has urged authorities …

When the technology gods collude to ruin your day the impact can send shock waves through the workplace. Who are these gods and why do they interfere with an already …

Text messaging interventions can help people quit smoking, says researcher in launching a new study that will compare tailored text messaging to the standard Quitline Tobacco smoking is still a …

Transitional arrangement for electronic medication charts for residential aged care services to come into play from 1 July The Federal Department of Health is implementing an Electronic National Residential Medication …

A US pharmacy giant is shifting much of its prescription volume to be filled at automated centres, saying it will free up pharmacists’ time. Is this the future for community …

Some digital interventions may cut the risk of asthma attacks by half, a new review of evidence has found Researchers from University College London, Queen Mary University of London, and …