Culture of community 8 May 2012 0 comments Community engagement is critical to the success of the 2012 Pharmacy of the Year, writes Nick O’Donoghue.
The generics avalanche is coming 3 Feb 2012 0 comments This year, generic medicines will prove both a help and a hindrance to community pharmacy as blockbuster drugs worth an estimated $1.3 billion fall off the patent cliff, writes Nick O’Donoghue.
The Year in Review: Pharmacy, moving from the crossroads to the precipice? 2 Dec 2011 0 comments Floods, a spate of bankruptcies, Pfizer Direct. It has been a difficult year for community pharmacy in many respects. However, 2011 also saw the successful launch of new models of pharmacy practice.
The dawn of an electronic era 1 Oct 2011 0 comments From 1 July next year Australians will be able to choose to have a Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record, but debate still continues over which profession will play a leading role in its…
Pharmacy’s doomsday scenario - or not? 1 Sep 2011 0 comments A recent Macquarie Equities Research report predicts a number of gloom and doom scenarios for community pharmacy, but is the future quite as bleak as the analysts seem to portray?
Pharmacy’s professional practice revolution 1 Aug 2011 0 comments With more than 4400 pharmacies now registered to receive pharmacy practice incentives, professional services are right at the forefront of pharmacy practice, reports Graham Smith.
Better software vital to avoid ‘alert overload’ 10 May 2011 0 comments Better education of health professionals and better electronic decision support tools are essential if we are to reduce the burden of adverse drug interactions, an expert believes.
WA Asthma Action Plan adopted nationally 14 Feb 2011 0 comments New national guidelines are being rolled out to remove inconsistencies in the way community pharmacies handle over-the-counter (OTC) asthma reliever medication.
PPIs linked to increased fracture risk: study 14 Feb 2011 0 comments New evidence has emerged linking the concurrent use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and bisphosphonates to an increased risk of fractures in elderly patients.
Medicines Australia warns against PBS budget cuts 14 Feb 2011 0 comments Policies aimed at further driving down PBS costs during the life of its recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federal Government would be difficult for the industry to absorb,…