vaccination
How pharmacy vaccination evolved
A new global intelligence report provides what its publishers call the most extensive and representative overview yet of the evolution of pharmacists鈥� role in vaccination The report, 鈥淟everaging pharmacy to …
Transaction fees drive MedAdvisor growth
The introduction of new transaction fees is contributing to revenue growth for MedAdvisor Solutions聽 Transaction fees for vaccinations and 鈥渟ervices associated with Project STOP鈥� are already boosting medication management software …
NIPVIP payments to be indexed
The health minister has announced that pharmacists will be funded to provide free flu and other NIP jabs in aged care and disability homes And the NIPVIP payments for pharmacists …
World news wrapup: 18 April 2024
Mexico exports illicit fentanyl but impacted by licit shortage; opposition to freeing of US pharmacist who diluted cancer drugs; Malta government acts behind closed doors on pharmacy, greens say Mexico …
Cardiovascular risks and COVID-19
New research confirms the benefits of vaccination, writes Glen Pyle, Dalhousie University COVID-19 is a respiratory disease. Yet, from the earliest days of the pandemic, the cardiovascular risks associated with …
World news wrapup: 7 March 2024
Argentinians forgoing medicines for food amid affordability crisis; pharmacist murdered in Syria; US pharmacists find new RSV jab adds to growing workload Buenos Aires, Argentina: A combination of the country鈥檚 …
Pharmacists back NSW RSV decision
NSW residents are being encouraged to visit their pharmacist to get an RSV vaccine The NSW government has become the first Australian state to allow pharmacists to initiate and administer …
Annual Covid boosters confirmed
Government accepts ATAGI recommendations for annual free Covid-19 booster shots for adults聽 Australians aged 18 to 64 years will be eligible for annual Covid-19 jabs, Mark Butler the Minister for …
Owner suspended over expired Covid jabs
Pharmacy owner suspended after expired Covid-19 vaccines were administered in-store聽 The Pharmacy Board of Australia has suspended the owner of a Tasmanian pharmacy where patients were given doses of expired …
Vaccination: lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic
The pandemic changed everything when it comes to vaccination by pharmacists. So where are we at now? By Jala Moushi The role of pharmacists has evolved from traditional medication dispensers …
States edging closer to vaccination harmonisation
NIPVIP program sees jurisdictions move towards pharmacist vaccination harmonisation聽 The rollout of the National Immunisation Program Vaccination in Pharmacy (NIPVIP) program has prompted steps towards regulatory harmonisation across the states …
鈥楢dvertise the service not the vaccine鈥�
Exemptions allowing pharmacies to highlight the availability of Covid-19 vaccinations do not apply for other jabs, Peter Guthrey warns聽聽 Pharmacists are being urged to focus on advertising their services rather …