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Jonathan Penm

@jonpenm.bsky.social
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Pharmacist researcher interested at improving patient outcomes and experiences in a variety of healthcare settings. Views expressed here are my own.

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Jonathan Penm @jonpenm.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🚨 1 in 2 hospital discharges = a medication problem. 💥TIC TOC Study: Virtual pharmacists + real-time med reviews for 922 high-risk patients. Goal: Safer discharges. Fewer ED visits. Protocol in @bmj.com Open bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6...
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Timely post-discharge medication reviews to Improve Continuity—the Transitions Of Care stewardship (TIC TOC) study in rural and regional Australia: a parallel-group randomised controlled trial study p...
Introduction Transition of care from hospital is a period when the risks of medication errors and adverse events are high, with 50% of adults discharged having at least one medication-related problem....
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University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · 18/06/2025
We’re proud to share @sydney.edu.au has risen to first in Australia in the US News Best Global Universities rankings 🎉 Read more about our rankings: go.sydney.edu.au/bC1sGH #USYD #UniRankings #USNewsRankings
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Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) @adphaau.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
We thank Dr Jonathan Penm FANZCAP (PainMgmt, Research) @jonpenm.bsky.social, former AdPha NSW Branch Chair and Jerry Yik FANZCAP (Lead&Mgmt, PublicHlth), AdPha Head of Policy and Advocacy for advocating tirelessly on behalf of the profession over numerous health inquiries.
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Jonathan Penm @jonpenm.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
I'm excited to work with @sydney.edu.au medicine and health researchers who have been awarded @ausgov.bsky.social Medical Research Future Fund (#MRFF) Clinical Trials Activity initiative! Innovative trials to improve acute pain management and optimise opioid use. #LeadershipForGood
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Jonathan Penm @jonpenm.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
My latest reserach @bjajournals.bsky.social shows standardized peripheral nerve catheter securement kit + staff education reduced dislodgement rates from 8.5% to 0.7%. ✅ High compliance 📉 Fewer failures 🛌 Better pain control #Anesthesia #PainManagement #QI - authors.elsevier.com/c/1kztd1dCDy...
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Jonathan Penm @jonpenm.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Pre conference workshop starts today for @auspainsoc.bsky.social Meeting 2025. Great speakers at the #AcutePain session highlighting Transitional Pain Services, focus on function, Autism & Pain and the how #nursepractitioner support pain services. #AusPainSoc @iasp.bsky.social
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Jonathan Penm @jonpenm.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
📢 Telehealth & Medication: A Powerful Duo! My systematic review found that medication-focused telehealth interventions can reduce hospital readmissions—especially for heart failure patients. 💊📲 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Medication-focused telehealth interventions to reduce the hospital readmission rate: a systematic review
Transition of care from hospital to community is a period that carries significant risk for medication errors, potentially leading to hospital readmission, and causing financial and emotional strai...
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Jonathan Penm @jonpenm.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Patient experience to opioid tapering is crucial for success. A new meta-synthesis highlights 3 themes: patient-provider trust, individualized care, and tapering strategies. Prioritize patient-centered care journals.lww.com/anesthesia-a... @iarsjournals.bsky.social @sydneyuni.bsky.social
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Patients’ Experiences With Opioid Tapering in Noncancer... : Anesthesia & Analgesia
e adopted to tailor interventions to achieve safe and successful taper outcomes. This paper aims to synthesize qualitative data capturing patients’ experiences with opioid tapering for noncancer pain....
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Jonathan Penm @jonpenm.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
My latest research assesses availability, pricing, and, affordability of medicines in 54 low and middle income countries now available in @thelancet.bsky.social Global Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Access remains a global challenge.
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THIS Institute (The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute) @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk · 03/12/2024
📣 Calling all UK-based healthcare professionals with an interest in perioperative care! 📣 Could you help identify which metrics would be best to measure care before, during, and after surgery? To find out more and take part, visit ths.im/3O4pBGt
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Jonathan Penm @jonpenm.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
My latest research assesses #availability, pricing, and, affordability of essential #medicines in the South Pacific. @thelancet.bsky.social Regional Health Urgent targeted #policy reform and strategic initiatives are required www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @sydneyuni.bsky.social
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Exploring access to essential medicines in the South Pacific: insights from a multi-country cross-sectional study
LMICs within the South Pacific display low availability and poor affordability of essential medicines. Urgent targeted policy reform and strategic initiatives are required to ensure effective and equitable healthcare within this region.
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Jonathan Penm @jonpenm.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I am so happy to see Dr Cindy Lau (PhD) and Linda Do (MPhil) graduate this week. They are both outstanding #pharmacists who inspire the profession. @sydneyuni.bsky.social
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Jonathan Penm @jonpenm.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Excited to see my collaborators in the Australian Journal of #Pharmacy 2024 #AdvancedPractice Pioneers - ajp.com.au/in-depth/lon... Congrats Manya Angley, Deborah Hawthorne and Chi Tran. You are all amazing pharmacists that are moving the profession forward.
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Showing the path forward
We present our readers’ nominations for pharmacy’s advanced practice pioneers When we decided to seek our readers’ views on who they thought had played a significant role in the pioneering ...
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Anaesthesia @anaesjournal.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
51.3% of patients reported experiencing pain while in a large public hospital in New South Wales. • mean age 57 y • 54.9% female • 19.5% spoke a language other than English, • 4.5% were of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background #AnSky #MedSky buff.ly/49bToGW
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Anaesthesia @anaesjournal.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Patients who experienced pain had twice the odds of giving a poor/very poor rating for the overall hospital care provided compared with those without pain (after accounting for all patient-level factors and ratings of doctors and nurses). #AnSky #MedSky#PainSky buff.ly/49bToGW
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Jonathan Penm @jonpenm.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Read my latest work in @anaesjournal.bsky.social associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Association between self‐reported pain experiences in hospital and ratings of care, readmission and emergency department visits: a population‐based study from New South Wales, Australia
Introduction Evidence on patient experiences with pain in hospitals and its impact on post-discharge outcomes is limited. This study investigated the prevalence of pain in hospitals, patient charact.....
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Jonathan Penm @jonpenm.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
My research from 75 large public hospitals of 21,900 patients showed that patients who experienced #pain were twice as likely to be #readmitted or visit ED - doi.org/10.1111/anae... @anaesjournal.bsky.social @feliciajcox.bsky.social @riannevanboekel.bsky.social @sydneyuni.bsky.social
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Association between self‐reported pain experiences in hospital and ratings of care, readmission and emergency department visits: a population‐based study from New South Wales, Australia
Introduction Evidence on patient experiences with pain in hospitals and its impact on post-discharge outcomes is limited. This study investigated the prevalence of pain in hospitals, patient charact...
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