Alberta pharmacists may get prescribing powers

The FDA may change pharmacists' access to prescribing information: a website would replace paper package inserts.

Pharmacist access to prescribing information may change.

Pharmacists and prescribing: an unrecorded influence.

Stressed Reefs May Get Relief

is it that is not poison? All things are poison and nothing is without poison. It is the dose only that makes a thing not a poison. Coral reefs, already one of the most delicate marine systems, are threatened by a host of pressures, including sea temperature increases , pollution, development, fishing, and tourism. Last March, the U.S. government unveiled an ambitious plan that addresses the mo...

Pharmacists and prescribing rights: review of international developments.

PURPOSE Continuity of care, equitable access, and quality and safety are major foci in health services management. The introduction of limited prescribing rights to pharmacists has the potential to reduce fragmentation within the health system, optimise medication management, improve continuity of patient care and improve patient access to medication. RESULTS Eight models for pharmacists' pre...

An expanded prescribing role for pharmacists - an Australian perspective.

Expanded pharmacist prescribing is a new professional practice area for pharmacists. Currently, Australian pharmacists' prescribing role is limited to over-the-counter medications. This review aims to identify Australian studies involving the area of expanded pharmacist prescribing. Australian studies exploring the issues of pharmacist prescribing were identified and considered in the context o...