Tag: Pharmacy

Half of Australian hospitals expected to have electronic medication management systems in place by 2026, according to pharmacy report

The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has released its first-ever Pharmacy Forecast Australia 2021, which takes after the annual Pharmacy Forecast report by the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists. The organisation conducted surveys with select individuals as “forecast panellists” who held senior positions either as a director or a chief of Pharmacy; had over a

Counterfeit Medications

A counterfeit medication or drug is defined as a pharmaceutical product that is produced and sold with the intention to deceive the consumer about the origin, authenticity or efficacy of the product. This has the potential to be dangerous for consumers as the formulation may contain unusual ingredients or quantities of the ingredients, which can

Delivery bottlenecks: Why in the pharmacy now patience is required

Supply shortages of medicines in these weeks all the rage. Affected countless patients who cannot be cared for in the pharmacy, for example, immediately prescribed blood pressure medication, or your Thyroid medication. What this means for the patient, explains pharmacist Ursula Funke, President of the pharmacists Association of Hesse. A prescription cannot be supplied, the