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
Money not the missing piece in the healthcare puzzle
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EDITORIAL
Money not the missing piece in the healthcare puzzle
Wednesday 2 August 2017, 01:41 PM

Kumeu GP William Ferguson, whose surgery is in the once-sleepy “village” of Kumeu just beyond the end of Auckland’s north-western motorway, has had his frustrations with general practice. Dr Ferguson fought against the loss of obstetrics, and has worked hard to deliver and improve mental health services for primary care patients
As for many GPs who have come through the transitions from IPAs to PHOs, capitation and beyond, the past few decades have been exhausting. Yet he has