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Show me the data: supporting medication adherence
How do you calculate or estimate a patient’s medication adherence to determine whether they need support? What data sources would enable pharmacists to offer the best support? In this article, …
APP2021: Michael King on the current state of pharmacy in Australia
Michael King, Sales Director at GSK Consumer Healthcare, joined Miranda Deakin on our stage at APP2021 to unpack the current state of pharmacy in Australia and the potential growth opportunities for pharmacists. This video …
APP2021: Anish Patel on the role pharmacists play to deliver better healthcare outcomes
At the helm of GSK Consumer Healthcare in Australia and New Zealand is Area General Manager Anish Patel. In this interview with Miranda Deakin at APP2021, he talks about his passion for leading the team at …
More than 10K reports across 1.5 million doses
The TGA is “closely monitoring” adverse events related to COVID-19 vaccines, finding a rate of three cases of rare clotting syndrome per million doses There have been 10,619 adverse events …
Security at risk
The health sector leads the way in data security breaches, with pharmacy expert saying more investment in prevention is needed Health service providers are once again responsible for the single …
The numbers are in
How many pharmacists are currently registered? How many signed up for the pandemic response register? Here’s the latest data The Pharmacy Board of Australia has released its latest quarterly data …
12 things to know about Aussie women and their health
Jean Hailes has released the results of their fourth annual Women’s Health Survey… here’s what they found This week is Women’s Health Week (3-7 September). The Jean Hailes Women’s Health …
Looking at the numbers
Reports show 19 deaths occurred due to sildenafil in the UK last year. What does this mean for the medicine, which is being considered for S3 status in Australia? Data from …
Mandatory data breach notification laws
Kos Sclavos focuses on the new mandatory data breach notification laws and what impact they may have on pharmacy The new mandatory data breach notification laws which commenced 22 February …
Data breach law coming into effect
The new law, which the Pharmacy Guild says will apply to most community pharmacies, could see businesses that fail to report a breach face fines of up to $1.8 million …
Medicines: the state of the nation
Slight drop in pharmacy-based adverse event reports as prescription statistics give a view of Australia’s medicine usage The latest data from the PBS Australian Statistics on Medicine 2015 report, released …