For older people and frail people, the long-term benefit of medicines reduces and the potential for harm from adverse effects increases. When the benefit–risk balance changes in this way, medicine review and optimisation are important to simplify the therapeutic regimen, reduce inappropriate medicines and minimise risks. In this article, pharmacist prescriber Linda Bryant uses two case studies to illustrate important considerations during medicine reviews
Rebooting digital health IT's heart
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Rebooting digital health IT's heart
Monday 24 August 2020, 11:56 AM

Wondering whatever happened to integrated healthcare with IT systems that allow secure sharing of clinical data? Reporter Simon Maude catches you up – and finds out from the experts where exactly reform of health IT infrastructure needs to start if the integration dream is to be realised
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In 2009, the then National Government set up a National Health IT Board with the alluring promise of healthcare enhanced dramatically b
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