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Alfred Health research outcomes are published in a wide range of peer reviewed journals. 

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The frequency and nature of clinician identified medication-related rapid response system calls

Levkovich BJ, Bingham G, Orosz J, Cooper DJJ, Kirkpatrick CM, Dooley MJ, Jones DA

(2019), Resuscitation, 145, 75-8

DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.09.033

An Observational Analysis of Medication Use During 5,727 Medical Emergency Team Activations at a Tertiary Referral Hospital

Levkovich BJ, Bingham G, Hopkins RE, Jones D, Cooper DJJ, Kirkpatrick CM, Dooley MJ

(2019), Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 45(7), 502-8

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2019.03.001

Chronic pain medication management of older populations: Key points from a national conference and innovative opportunities for pharmacy practice

Gilmartin-Thomas JF, Bell JS, Liew D, Arnold CA, Buchbinder R, Chapman C, Cicuttini F, Dobbin M, Gibson SJ, Giummarra MJ, Gowan J, Katz B, Lubman DI, McCrone M, Pilgrim J, Synnot A, van Dyk E, Workman B, McNeil J

(2019), RES SOC ADMIN PHARM, 15(2), 207-13

DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2018.03.060

Increasing Understanding Regarding the Risk of Concomitant Use of Carbamazepine and Direct Oral Anticoagulants

Bortz H, Corallo CE, Tran H

(2019), J Pharm Pract, 32(2), 123-5

DOI: 10.1177/0897190018786837

Understanding how medications contribute to clinical deterioration and are used in rapid response systems: A comprehensive scoping review

Levkovich BJ, Bingham G, Jones D, Kirkpatrick CM, Cooper DJJ, Dooley MJ

(2019), Aust Crit Care, 32(3), 256-72

DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2018.05.006

Comparing the accuracy of medication order verification between pharmacists and a tech check tech model: A prospective randomised observational study

Hickman L, Poole SG, Hopkins RE, Walters D, Dooley MJ

(2018), Res Social Adm Pharm, 14(10), 931-935

DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2017.11.007

Factors associated with nicotine replacement therapy use among hospitalised smokers

Chui CY, Thomas D, Taylor S, Bonevski B, Abramson MJ, Paul E, Poole SG, Weeks GR, Dooley MJ, George J

(2018), Drug Alcohol Rev, 37(4), 514-519

DOI: 10.1111/dar.12661

Single-centre study of therapeutic drug monitoring of posaconazole in lung transplant recipients: factors affecting trough plasma concentrations

Jeong W, Snell GI, Levvey BJ, Westall GP, Morrissey CO, Wolfe R, Ivulich S, Neoh CF, Slavin MA, Kong DCM

(2018), J Antimicrob Chemother, 73(3), 748-756

DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkx440

Failure to achieve therapeutic levels with high-dose posaconazole tablets potentially due to enhanced clearance

Maleki S, Corallo C, Coutsouvelis J, Singh J

(2018), J Oncol Pharm Pract, 24(1), 63-66

DOI: 10.1177/1078155216673228

Defibrotide for the treatment of sinusoidal obstruction syndrome: evaluation of response to therapy and patient outcomes

Coutsouvelis J, Avery S, Dooley M, Kirkpatrick C, Spencer A

(2018), Support Care Cancer, 26(3), 947-955

DOI: 10.1007/s00520-017-3915-1

Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis - The evidence and understanding its impact on consensus guidelines.

Ierano C, Peel T, Ayton D, Rajkhowa A, Marshall C, Thursky K

(2018), Infect Dis Health, 23(4), 179-188

DOI: 10.1016/j.idh.2018.05.003

The current status and effects of emergency drug shortages in China: Perceptions of emergency department physicians

Yang C, Cai W, Li Z, Page AT, Fang Y

(2018), PLoS One, 13(10), e0205238

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205238

The Evolution of Lung Transplant Immunosuppression

Ivulich S, Westall G, Dooley M, Snell G

(2018), Drugs, 78(10), 965-982

DOI: 10.1007/s40265-018-0930-6

Integrate healthcare to provide multidisciplinary consumer-centred medication management: report from a working group formed from the National Stakeholders’ Meeting for the Quality Use of Medicines to Optimise Ageing in Older Australians.

Page A, Cross AJ, Elliott RA, Pond D, Dooley M, Beanland C, Etherton-Beer CD

(2018), J Pharm Pract Res, 48(5), 459-466

DOI: 10.1002/jppr.1434

Incidence of Medication-Related Harm in Older Adults After Hospital Discharge: A Systematic Review

Parekh N, Ali K, Page A, Roper T, Rajkumar C

(2018), J Am Geriatr Soc, 66(9), 1812-1822

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15419

Protocol for an HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Population Level Intervention Study in Victoria Australia: The PrEPX Study

Ryan KE, Mak A, Stoove M, Price B, Fairley CK, Ruth S, Lal L, Asselin J, El-Hayek C, Nguyen L, Batrouney C, Wilson D, Lockwood J, Murphy D, Cornelisse VJ, Roth N, Willcox J, Chang CC, Armishaw J, Tee BK, Penn M, Forgan-Smith G, Williams C, Montgomery J, Byron K, Coelho A, Allen B, Wiggins J, Kelsall J, Vujovic O, West M, Pierce AB, Gallant D, Bell C, de Wit JBF, Hoy JF, Wesselingh SL, Grant RM, Wright EJ

(2018), Front Public Health, 6, 151

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00151

Medication management for community palliative care patients and the role of a specialist palliative care pharmacist: A qualitative exploration of consumer and health care professional perspectives

Kuruvilla L, Weeks G, Eastman P, George J

(2018), Palliat Med, 32(8), 1369-1377

DOI: 10.1177/0269216318777390

E-cigarettes for harm minimisation: absence of evidence or evidence of absence?

George J, Thomas D

(2018), Int J Pharm Pract, 26(5), 377-379

DOI: 10.1111/ijpp.12487

Diagnosing COPD and supporting smoking cessation in general practice: evidence-practice gaps

Liang J, Abramson MJ, Zwar NA, Russell GM, Holland AE, Bonevski B, Mahal A, Phillips K, Eustace P, Paul E, Wilson S, George J

(2018), Med J Aust, 208(1), 29-34

DOI: 10.5694/mja17.00664

Unintentional mortality associated with paracetamol and codeine preparations, with and without doxylamine, in Australia

Hopkins RE, Dobbin M, Pilgrim JL

(2018), Forensic Sci Int, 282, 122-126

DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.11.026