This webinar is part of a three-part heart failure focussed cardiology webinar series. This webinar will cover the following learning objectives:
- Explain the term ‘guideline directed medical therapy’
- Summarise the latest evidence informing guidelines for heart failure management
- Overview the evidence-based recommendations in local and international guidelines
- Describe the role of pharmacy in supporting guideline directed medical therapy
The Standard of practice in surgery and perioperative medicine for pharmacy services, published in the April 2022 issue of JPPR, is an Australian first, establishing essential and emerging services, patient to pharmacist ratios and more. The webinar will outline key features of, and processes involved in the development of the Standard, and is relevant to every hospital pharmacy practitioner involved in surgery and perioperative services.
This webinar is part of a three-part heart failure focussed cardiology webinar series. This webinar will cover the following learning objectives:
- Outline the burden of heart failure in Australia
- Review the outcomes of landmark trials leading to use of SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with heart failure
- Briefly explain practical considerations, including dosing, adverse effects, monitoring and precautions, of using SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with heart failure
- Briefly review the impact of other diabetic therapies on heart failure
- Overview emerging evidence for other heart failure treatments
As patients continue to seek modern alternatives to accessing their prescriptions, the Active Script List (ASL) is growing in popularity as an electronic token management solution with over 200,000 patients now registered. In this webinar, the Australian Digital Health Agency will provide an update on the current state of electronic prescribing across Australia and describe the benefits of ASL registration for patients.
Explore the national Choosing Wisely program and identify how you and your teams involvement can improve patient experience and outcomes, and reduce healthcare system costs.
This session will outline the benefits of using My Health Record in hospital settings and at transitions of care to support medicine safety initiatives. Presenter from the Australian Digital Health Agency will compare how a new Pharmacist Shared Medicines List (PSML) document compares to other documents and overviews available in My Health Record and their relevance to hospital pharmacists. Guest speaker Chris Giles, Member of the Medication Safety Leadership Committee and Deputy Director (Pharmacy Practice Unit) at Icon Group will also reflect on complexities of implementation of new My Health Record documents in hospital systems and pharmacy service platforms.
The Standard of practice in cardiology, published in the February 2022 issue of JPPR describes the best practice for the provision of cardiology pharmacy services. It is relevant to anyone in pharmacy practicing in cardiology. This webinar will outline the purpose and key features of the Standard of practice in cardiology and describe its use in practice. This webinar will include an overview of the process and stages involved in developing a Standard of practice
In 2017 Skills IQ began the process of updating the Certificate III & Certificate IV in Hospital/Health Services Pharmacy Support qualifications for pharmacy technicians and assistants. A ‘Case for Change’ was submitted in 2018 with the detailed work necessary to update both qualifications beginning in 2019. This process culminated in October 2021 when the Australian Industry Skills Committee (AISC) formally endorsed the proposed qualification changes.
This presentation will provide an overview of this five-year project offering a direct comparison between the current and new qualifications, the reasons for the changes and how these changes aim to future-proof the qualifications, with respect to the continued expansion and development of technician and assistant roles across Australia.