Prescribing

Despite ongoing efforts to improve the communication of medicines information across the health system, medication errors at transitions of care persist. Each year in Australia, 250 000 hospital admissions are due to medication-related errors, costing our healthcare system an estimated $1.4 billion. More than half of medication errors occur at transitions of care.

Natalie Kahwajy, Rodney Ecclestone, Phoebe Holdenson Kimura

Australians are living longer than ever before. While this is broadly good news, ageing well comes with a range of challenges.

Hui Wen Quek, Amy T Page, Christopher Etherton-Beer, Kenneth Lee

Although 60-day prescribing is potentially good news for patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, prescribers need to be aware of the different in-use shelf life of inhalers when selecting preventer inhalers for their patients.

Debbie Rigby

Pharmacists will be able to supply therapeutic vaping products without a prescription from October 2024. This policy represents a substantial change in practice and is being implemented in a short timeframe. What will this mean for current prescribers, pharmacists and patients?

Coral Gartner, Samuel Brookfield, Kathryn Steadman, Lisa Nissen