A5087400931- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Health Sciences Research and Education
- Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Migraine and Headache Studies
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Social Media in Health Education
- Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments
- Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment
- Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods
University of South Australia
2016-2025
Government of South Australia
2017-2025
SA Health
2016-2024
Flinders Medical Centre
2016-2020
Health Net
2018
The University of Adelaide
2012-2015
Chronic pain is a leading cause of chronic disease in Australia, with 2020 report indicating that one five Australians aged over 45 experience pain. The high prevalence accounts for significant healthcare utilization and associated costs, the economic impact estimated to be AUD$139 billion 2018. This paper uses two exemplar cases demonstrate inadequacies within current systems supporting those impacts these have on patient outcomes costs. An analysis demonstrated combined cost AUD$312,705...
Abstract Background Medicine safety is a critical concern for Australia's growing aged‐care population. Pharmacists play vital role in improving medicines management, but their integration into settings requires careful planning. Aim To report on the outcomes of national meeting stakeholders Australia exploring pharmacists aged care to enhance medicine residents. Method A stakeholder was held July 2023 including 73 pharmacists, five general practitioners, three geriatricians, industry...
Chronic morphine therapy has been associated with paradoxically increased pain. Codeine is a widely used opioid, which metabolized to elicit analgesia. Prolonged exposure exacerbates pain by activating the innate immune toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4) in central nervous system. In silico docking simulations indicate codeine also docks MD2, an accessory protein for TLR4, suggesting potential induce TLR4-dependent facilitation. We hypothesized would cause hyperalgesia/allodynia that disparate from...
The introduction of depot buprenorphine for the treatment opioid dependence allows reduced dosing frequency compared with conventional treatments, such as oral methadone and sublingual buprenorphine-naloxone. Reduced is perceived to reduce issues high out-of-pocket costs, frequent attendance pharmacies, stigmatisation risk diversion unsanctioned use. This study aims explore experiences patients receiving from an Australian publicly operated drug alcohol service.Participants were recruited...
Background Medication overuse headache (MOH) is a condition bordering between chronic pain and substance dependence disorder. Activation of immunocompetent glial cells in the central nervous system has been linked to both pathological drug addiction/reward. Preclinically, ibudilast attenuates activation able reduce neuropathic markers dependence. We therefore hypothesized would burden opioid analgesic requirements patients with headache. Objective To determine if treatment provides greater...
Admission to hospital introduces risks for people with Parkinson's disease in maintaining continuity of their highly individualized medication regimens, which increases risk errors. This is particular concern as omitted medications and irregular dosing can cause an immediate increase individual's symptoms well other adverse outcomes such swallowing difficulties, aspiration pneumonia, frozen gait even potentially fatal neuroleptic malignant type syndrome.To determine the occurrence identify...
Combining research and clinical practice is crucial for advancing evidence-based healthcare improving pharmacy service delivery. While hospital pharmacists report significant interest in research, this does not translate to high levels of engagement. Furthermore, little known regarding barriers motivators technician involvement research.To characterise the enablers engaging practice-based reported by staff using Capability, Opportunity, Motivation - Behaviour (COM-B) framework.An online...
Introduction A Community of Practice is briefly defined as a group people with shared interest in given area practice who work collaboratively to grow collective knowledge. Communities have been used facilitate knowledge exchange and improve evidence-based practice. Knowledge translation within the residential aged care sector lacking, barriers such inadequate staffing gaps commonly cited. In Australia, Federal inquiry into practices led recommendation embed pharmacists facilities. Onsite...
Variations in practice are commonplace healthcare where health professionals, such as pharmacists act autonomous practitioners. This is evident simulated patient studies, does not meet widely accepted standards for medicines supply or treatment of an ailment. To promote best pharmacy a myriad guidance resources including guidelines, codes and produced by professional organisations. These provide framework endeavour to facilitate consistency provision pharmacy-based services consumers....
Abstract Aim To benchmark annual research output from hospital pharmacy departments in Australian principal referral hospitals. Data sources Embase, Medline, and Scopus. Study selection All 29 hospitals listed by the Institute of Health Welfare were searched using institution field 2018–2020. Articles included if an author was affiliated with a department. Conference abstracts, letters, narrative reviews, opinions, commentaries, or editorials excluded. Results A total 261 articles identified...
In today's complex healthcare landscape, exacerbated by resource constraints at various levels, optimization of health professionals' roles is becoming increasingly paramount. Interprofessional collaboration, underpinned role recognition and teamwork, leads to improved patient organizational outcomes. Hospital pharmacists play a pivotal in multidisciplinary teams, it imperative understand viewpoints on hospital pharmacists' guide prioritization efficiency. However, no study extensively...