telehealth
Why HMRs are rapidly reaching crisis point
PSA national president Professor Mark Naunton explains how flexibility, access and equity will prevent the fuel crisis from lurching into a health emergency Nearly two million Australians regularly take at …
Reinstate telehealth: credentialed pharmacists
Fuel crisis prompts call for return of telehealth HMRs Pharmacists are warning that patient safety is being impacted by soaring petrol prices, with the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) calling …
Prime Medic fined for Ozempic ads
Telehealth provider cops $19,800 infringement notice over “alleged unlawful advertising” of weight loss drugs Online healthcare provider, Prime Medic Group, has been fined for reportedly promoting prescription-only medications, Ozempic (semaglutide) and Mounjaro (tizepatide), in breach of the Therapeutic Goods Act …
Pharmacists speak out on telehealth funding cuts
Telehealth for pharmacy services “equivalent or better” for patients, yet funding has been cut for pharmacists—despite continuing to be available for GPs Research has found that telepharmacy services are valuable, …
Telehealth gets tick of approval
Pharmacists participating in ward rounds via telehealth ramped up activities for Covid-19 patients compared to face-to-face attendance, study finds Hospital pharmacists can successfully deliver services and participate in medical ward …
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 …
Telehealth ‘online tick-box prescribing…not good medical practice’; Medical Board
Consultation hijacked by hundreds of submissions from customers of two telehealth companies against changes Prescribing without a real-time patient-doctor consultation has been declared “not good medical practice”, according to just-published …
Telehealth prescribing crackdown looms
New guidelines this week will ban “tick-and-flick” online “consultations” The Medical Board will hand down new guidelines on Thursday (June 1 2023) that will stop telehealth doctors from prescribing to …
Put safety ahead of convenience
Patients are being urged to eschew the convenience of online prescribing services in favour of a “proper consult”. Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Victorian Chair, Dr Anita …
Call to stop “online prescribing cowboys”
Two Guild leaders have referred to some telehealth operators as “cowboys,” with another pharmacist reporting a script clearly meant for misuse According to Pharmacy Guild Queensland branch president Chris Owen, …
‘Pharmacists could actually lead the charge.’
Flinders University researchers are warning that delivery of high quality, safe abortion services still face the barrier of prescribers and dispensers actually participating Researchers have published a paper in the …
A deluge of change, and work
Where was the help for overworked pharmacy staff? Pharmacists missed out on support while dramatic changes impacted practice during the pandemic, survey finds Digitisation has been fast-tracked, as has electronic …