hospital pharmacists
Recommendations could help pharmacists support ADHD patients: SHPA
Uniform rules to improve access to ADHD medicines, recommended by the federal government’s ADHD report, would free up time for pharmacists to do 鈥渃linically meaningful work,鈥� says one contributor The …
鈥極ne of the best of us鈥� honoured
Avid researcher, burnout expert and highly-sought educator Dr Karlee Johnston has been recognised by the SHPA, winning the 2023 Australian Clinical Pharmacy Award The Society of Hospital Pharmacists lauded Johnston …
鈥楾railblazer of the profession鈥� wins Medal of Merit award
Russell Levy has won the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia鈥檚 Medal of Merit The award was presented on Friday evening at Medicines Management 2023 (MM2023), the 47th SHPA National …
Pharmacist skills recognition has been a 鈥榣ong time coming:鈥� McBride
Labor鈥檚 Emma McBride talks scope, reducing medication misadventure, and identifies the place that鈥檚 Australia鈥檚 鈥渃utting edge鈥� of pharmacy practice Assistant minister for mental health and pharmacist Emma McBride has addressed …
Unleashing pharmacists: the hospital perspective
Full scope, consistent funding models and a nationally consistent approach to pharmacy roles are the future, say hospital pharmacists The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has made six recommendations …
From no pharmacist to 鈥榮ame level of care鈥�
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 …
Does collaborative medication ordering improve patient care?
A new project has compared usual medical prescribing with a model involving collaboration with a pharmacist The study, Evaluating collaborative ordering of medications by a pharmacist on a general medical …
Hospital pharmacists: the barriers to research
Lack of time, skills and mentorship have been cited as reasons why hospital pharmacists and technicians don鈥檛 get involved in research projects A new article by Jacinta L Johnson, Concettina …
First Trans-Tasman hospital pharmacy partnership forged
Australian, New Zealand hospital pharmacists hope MoU will strengthen their knowledge pool Professional collaboration and the advancement of practice in Australian and New Zealand pharmacy is a step closer today, …
Consistent approach and collaborative care needed: SHPA
SHPA welcome a聽review into the role of health professionals in prescribing to strengthen Australia’s strained health system聽 The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has welcomed the federal government鈥檚 announcement …
Model reduces errors, costs, length of stay
Partnered pharmacist prescribing 鈥渂enefits at every level鈥� as SHPA launches National PPMC Credential The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) in partnership with The Alfred has launched a National …
Evolving to meet the moment
Hospital pharmacists are embarking on what they call a transformative growth agenda The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has announced that through 鈥渦nprecedented investment in practitioner recognition, speciality pharmacy …