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Wellington barrister Gaeline Phipps uses a recent ruling from the Health and Disability Commissioner to illustrate the need for a holistic systemic review of healthcare
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Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality
