Headlines
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Hospital EMRs to be nationally harmonised
Friday | Oct 10 2025A NEW $9.5 million national initiative is set to harmonise hospital electronic medical records (EMRs) across the country, bringing hospital data into line with international standards so it can be securely used for large-scale research.
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Renewed call to extend prac payment
Thursday | Oct 9 2025THE Health Services Union (HSU) and Health Students Alliance (HSA) are calling on the Federal Government to extend its Commonwealth Prac Payment to all allied health students, warning of future workforce implications in professions already experiencing critical shortages.
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Collaborating on meds safety
Thursday | Oct 9 2025THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) and Consumer Healthcare Products Australia (CHP Australia) joined forces at Parliament House in Canberra earlier this week to demonstrate a shared commitment to improving medicines safety and promoting the Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) across Australia.
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AI and PBS unlock potential medicine repurposing
Thursday | Oct 9 2025MONASH University researchers have used a data mining tool typically used to pinpoint buyer behaviour patterns to evaluate the safety and repurposing potential of medicines.
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Guild: Health bodies should ‘back each other’
Wednesday | Oct 8 2025THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia is calling for health bodies to "back each other" to help ease the pressure on general practice and deliver a more efficient, responsive and patient directed health system.
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Study reveals best moisturisers for scars
Wednesday | Oct 8 2025RESEARCHERS from the University of Adelaide and the Royal Adelaide Hospital investigated the effects various moisturisers have on skin hydration and transepidermal water loss (TEWL) on scar activity, finding that cheaper products were among the best.
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Pharmacy 777 Pilbara recognised
Tuesday | Oct 7 2025FINALISTS in the 2025 National Rural and Remote Health Awards have been announced, with Pharmacy 777 WA in the running for Rural/Remote Health Employer of the Year, and Pharmacy 777 in the Pilbara region for Outstanding Contribution to Rural/Remote Health Access.
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DCO opens first ACT store
Tuesday | Oct 7 2025DIRECT Chemist Outlet recently opened its first store in the ACT, marking the 135th shopfront for the brand that launched in 2006 in Werribee, Victoria.
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Look beyond pain management
Tuesday | Oct 7 2025INCIDENCE of conditions such as heart disease, arthritis, diabetes and cancer is higher in people with back pain than in those without, according to new research from Australia and Brazil, with authors urging health professionals to look beyond pain management when caring for these patients.
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eNRMC conformance crunch
Friday | Oct 3 2025PHARMACISTS have raised concerns about the rapidly approaching end of the transitional arrangement for the use of Electronic National Residential Medication Charts (eNRMC), with systems that are non-conformant no longer able to be used for prescriptions after 21 Oct - an extension of the original cut-off date of 01 Oct.
