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Fred IT national RTPM deal
Wednesday | Oct 24 2018FRED IT Group has been appointed by the Federal Health Department to create and implement a new National Data Exchange (NDE) service, which will underpin the eventual national roll-out of real-time monitoring of prescription medications (RTPM).
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TGA goes digital for Rx meds
Wednesday | Oct 24 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is proposing to go purely digital with its updated submissions platform and seeks stakeholder input.
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Healthscope bid
Wednesday | Oct 24 2018PRIVATE hospital operator Healthscope has confirmed an unsolicited takeover bid from private equity group BGH Capital.
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WA board meetings
Wednesday | Oct 24 2018THE Pharmacy Registration Board of Western Australia has said it would meet on the third Wed of every month from Jan 2019.
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Deprescribing focus
Wednesday | Oct 24 2018THIS month's edition of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia's Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research (JPPR) focuses on medicines deprescribing, saying "mitigation of sub-therapeutic or potentially harmful polypharmacy as integral to all pharmacy practice".
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Holloway honoured
Wednesday | Oct 24 2018GRAEME Holloway was honoured with a Tasmanian Pharmacist Lifetime Achievement Award at the Tasmanian Pharmacist Dinner held last weekend.
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Hay fever video
Wednesday | Oct 24 2018ENT Technologies has released a new video in partnership with Asthma Australia highlighting options for managing hay fever.
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Fake charity alert
Wednesday | Oct 24 2018THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a warning about scammers who are "increasingly using fake charities or impersonating real charities to take advantage of people's generosity".
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Friendly assistance for Telethon
Wednesday | Oct 24 2018WESTERN Australia-based Friendlies Pharmacy got behind Perth fundraiser Telethon this year by raising $27,625.10.
