A multi-use artificial hormone, Diethylstilbestrol was controversial from its discovery, with the inventor of the drug warning of possible side effects. Its impact on...
With her strong background in rural and remote health, Hannah Loller MPS was a natural choice to lead a project for PSA that embeds...
A new study suggests that consumer-generated health data (CGHD) could empower patients, improve health outcomes, and reduce instances of self-diagnosis online.
The Australian research examined...
Point-of-care testing is expanding as community pharmacies deepen their engagement with consumers.
With more than 5,700 locations dotted across Australia, ranging from the busiest metropolitan...
Australia’s pharmacists are underutilised. How can tapping pharmacists’ skills as medicines experts produce better healthcare outcomes?
Pharmacists are highly trained, have deep expertise in medicines,...
I’m interested in becoming a general practice pharmacist. What steps do I need to take to get there?
From January 2020, incentives will be provided...
Suzanne Greenwood, a leader in the not-for-profit hospital and aged care service sectors, has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the Pharmacy...
Any evidence-based vision of an efficient, patient-centred primary healthcare system places pharmacists in essential roles front and centre.
The future of global health care...
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has reviewed their proposal to upschedule all alkyl nitrites to Schedule 9 (S9), but pharmacists will need to ensure...
The new National Strategic Action Plan for Pain Management offers plenty of opportunities for pharmacists to work to their full scope of practice.
The Action...
