In the media
GP questions value of location rules
Restricting schedule 2 and 3 medications to pharmacies is
inflating prices, while restricting access, former Royal Australian
College of General Practitioners, Expert Committee - Quality Care
Chair, Dr Evan Ackermann, claims (14 August 2019).
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Computer blunder forces Queensland hospitals back to
paper records
Several south-east Queensland hospitals could not access
electronic medical records for male patients for hours on Thursday
because of a system update blunder. A routine overnight system
update, which merged outstanding information onto patients'
electronic records, was started late and overlapped with morning
elective patient arrivals (15 August 2019).
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Health authorities issue alarming warning about
essential oils
The public have been issued a stern warning not to ingest
essential oils - a practice often spruiked as a natural remedy by
those in aromatherapy. Queensland Health shared the reminder to its
Facebook, but triggered a diverse range of reactions from more than
2000 social media users (14 August 2019).
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Bridging the bench-to-bedside gap: Programs to bring new
medicines and devices to patients
Seeing a tool available in hospital emergency departments
so that life-threatening sepsis can be diagnosed in a matter of
hours, rather than the days that current testing takes: that's
a goal of QUT molecular microbiologist (12 August 2019). More...
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