Professor Melissa Baysari[/caption]
Michael Bakker MPS[/caption]
For pharmacists who do not have this knowledge from primary experience, seeking these reflections from colleagues or through careful listening with patients is essential.
Mr Robinson identified that consumers who, at short notice, book a trip to south-east Asia and don’t plan a GP visit have particularly welcomed his travel health consultations.
The rise of zoonotic diseases
Dat Le MPS 
In a survey of patient adherence to medicines for chronic diseases, 60% of participants stated forgetfulness was the reason for missed doses.5 The study found that missed doses were more commonly reported by patients with vitamin D deficiency, followed by hyperlipidaemia.5 
Identifying whether a medicine is time-critical requires knowledge of the half-life of the medicine, as it is a major determinant of the fluctuation in inter-dose concentrations at a steady state.14 Half-life serves as guidance for making informed recommendations on what to do when a dose of medicine is missed. Four to five half-lives is a general rule of thumb used to approximate the time needed for a medicine to be considered eliminated from the body. At that time point, the plasma concentrations of a given medicine will reach below a clinically relevant concentration.15
2. Other methods 
Strategies to prevent a missed or delayed dose
The move to electronic prescribing is the ‘biggest process change in medicine supply since computers were introduced in pharmacy in the 1980s’.
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has heard clear calls for pharmacists, as a priority, to spend more time on the ground in residential aged care.
Hearing from dozens of witnesses and receiving hundreds of submissions,...
It is difficult to overstate the importance of the present and potential future role of the pharmacist in the day-to-day health care of most Australians.
Surveys of consumer patterns in utilising the health system, including those conducted by the...
A new PSA report describes the digital future of Australian health care, a ‘new normal’ with pharmacists front and centre, equipped with more information to better inform clinical decisions and provide safer care for patients.
Australia’s health system is...
In its landmark Medicine Safety: Take Care report, PSA identified the frightening cost of medicine misadventure in Australia. With medicines safety a central theme at this month’s PSA19 annual conference, meet seven pharmacists whose pioneering work is providing a...
Any evidence-based vision of an efficient, patient-centred primary healthcare system places pharmacists in essential roles front and centre.
The future of global health care rests in patient and public-centred services delivered by multidisciplinary collaborative healthcare teams whose goal is...
The healthcare needs of Australians are shifting – which means pharmacists’ training has to adapt to keep pace. The good news? It’s happening.
The pressing healthcare challenges of our time are clear. Australia’s population is ageing. Lifestyle and chronic...
Tara Hehir MPS works as a locum pharmacist and an International Pharmacy Federation representative. This means different roles, such as IVF dosing and aged care, and plenty of travel.
Describe your work as a locum.
I’ve been doing it for...
As the Early Career Pharmacist Director on PSA’s Board, Lauren Burton MPS is committed to supporting young leaders and seeing the future of pharmacy flourish. Watch this space.
How did your pharmacy journey begin?
I began my career as a casual...
One in six Australians receive a mental health-related prescription each year.1 Almost half the population is set to experience a mental health condition in their lifetime.2 Pharmacists play a vital role in alleviating their burden.
How to help a...
