Headlines
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Ramsay faces headwinds
Friday | Jun 22 2018ASX-LISTED hospital healthcare group Ramsay Health Care has announced a downturn in its FY18 guidance.
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Pharmacy weight loss tick
Friday | Jun 22 2018A MEAL-REPLACEMENT weight managment program, developed in collaboration with the CSIRO, combining in-pharmacy support with the CSIRO diet book, meal replacements and a phone support service, now has evidence of long-term success.
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MedAdvisor US expansion
Thursday | Jun 21 2018AUSTRALIAN-LISTED digital medication management software company MedAdvisor has announced it has signed a deal to integrate its platform with US pharmacy dispensing software company PDX Inc (PD Breaking News yesterday).
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Guild PATY bumper crop
Thursday | Jun 21 2018THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia/Maxigesic Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award (PATY) has continued its record-breaking domination this year receiving the highest number of nominations and responses to nominations in the Award's history.
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Flu vaccine in pregnancy
Thursday | Jun 21 2018THERE are three main benefits to being vaccinated against the flu during pregnancy, according to NHMRC Research Fellow Jane Frawley and Assistant Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research and Distinguished Professor of Public Health Elizabeth Sullivan, both at the University of Technology Sydney, writing online in The Conversation:.
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Veterans HMR uptake rises
Wednesday | Jun 20 2018THE rate of Home Medicine Review (HMR) uptake among Australian veterans over the last decade has grown sustainably due to regular repetition of quality improvement messages, according to new research published in the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) journal, the Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research.
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Permissible ingredients
Wednesday | Jun 20 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has made a total of 88 changes in the updated Permissible Ingredients Determination labelled No.
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Pharmacists chart vaccines
Tuesday | Jun 19 2018NEW Australian research published in the latest issue of the Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research (JPPR) has strengthened the case for pharmacist-led influenza vaccination in hospital inpatients, revealing they more consistently chart their vaccinations.
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WA S8 drug management
Tuesday | Jun 19 2018THE Western Australian Corruption and Crime Commission has published its supplementary Report on the Supply and Management of Schedule 8 Controlled Drugs at Certain Public Hospitals in Western Australia, adding to its 2017 report by that name (PD 04 Jul 2017).
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MedAdvisor doubles flu vax
Monday | Jun 18 2018MEDADVISOR pharmacies have recorded over 80,000 flu vaccinations via PlusOne so far this year, which when combined with available data from the Pharmacy Guild highlights a near doubling of vaccinations delivered in pharmacy in Apr and May this year.
