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A Quality Opportunity

INTRODUCTION The Federation Internationale Pharmaceutique (FIP) 'promotes appropriate use of and access to, medicines for all through achieving the highest standards of pharmaceutical science, professional practice, public health and patient care'. I was privileged to attend the 64th Congress ofFIP in New Orleans, USA in September 2004 and to present a poster 'Local application of Australia's quality use of medicines (QUM) concept'. The poster outlined the flow between the Australian National Medicines Policy, State support for developing and coordinating quality use of medicines initiatives, and implementation of a detailed medications discharge summary and guide at Princess Alexandra Hospital for the patient and primary carer. Positive feedback was received from a number of participants and the poster provided a useful basis for discussion of approaches in meeting sessions. The theme for the Congress was 'The patient and the pharmacist-the heart of the new healthcare team'. The range of topics presented was extremely varied from 'Changing the way hospital pharmacists think' through a myriad of approaches to patient education, information and concordance and 'The changing role of the pharmacist in medicines management' to 'Innovation and technology in pharmacy practice'.