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EDITORIAL for Monday 27 April 2015
Welcome to this week’s edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 27 April 2015. Again, we are seeing a round of mainstream media releases that could only be termed “vindictive”. i2P reminds its readers that the Abbott government and the Murdoch Press have formed an unholy alliance and that 6CPA negotiations are under…
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The Value Curve Aligns
Given the opportunity to start with a clean slate, a blank sheet of paper and be unencumbered with tradition, what would a new model for pharmacy look like? In the previous article, we looked at (i) The Service Continuum and (ii) competitive advantage theory to create an initial macro path forward. We summarized that a…
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Culture is a Unifying Force – and we need it now with a touch of Terroir
I recently received a copy of a newsletter written by Daniel Hussar, a prominent US pharmacist who publishes as The Pharmacist Activist. In his latest edition he talks about the Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners (JCPP) and its vision statement. We may be concerned here in Australia at the proliferation of pharmacy organisations, but in…
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A Missed Opportunity?
The recent BioCeuticals Symposium in Sydney was titled “Interrelated Drivers of Health and Disease” and was attended by 350 health practitioners. Speakers at this outstanding forum included Dr Mark Houston, the world’s leading Functional Cardiologist, Dr David Haase, renowned Integrative Neurologist, Dr Joseph Pizzorno, pioneering naturopath and advisor to the Clinton Administration White House Commission…
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IOM states Vaccines can cause Autism
Currently the Australian government is considering removing the philosophical exemptions to vaccines yet in 2001 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) stated that vaccines are a plausible cause of autism. This link was not confirmed because it was stated that further research was needed to prove the causal mechanism. In other words, the link has not…
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I’ve been thinking about minding the gap, looking right, and a potential blindspot in the medication-use process.
There is little pedestrian about being a pedestrian in the UK. It pays to heed the painted warnings underfoot between the platforms and trains throughout the color-coded labyrinth of the famed Underground—“MIND THE GAP.” It is paramount, however, to heed the painted curbs at nearly every intersection—“LOOK RIGHT.” Perhaps you’ve had your close call with…
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Ice Pack for Injections Courtesy 3D Printing
Rice University undergraduates have developed a quick and easy way to numb the skin, making shots virtually pain-free. And it could be a value enhancement that might differentiate pharmacy vaccination clinics from those provided by all other health professionals. Getting the flu shot is one of the many rituals that comes once a year, inoculating…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Tas.Intern of Year (2014) 2. International Antimicrobial Initiative 3. Change to HIV Dispensing
April 22, 2015 Tasmanian PSA-MIMS Intern of the Year 2014 announced Caitlin Duff, now a community pharmacist in Burnie, has been announced as the PSA MIMS Australia Tasmanian Intern of the Year for 2014. The prestigious award, announced in in Ulverstone, celebrates the achievements of exceptional interns in developing skills for their professional career and who have been…
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ASMI Media Release – 1. Call for better rather than less regulation of complementary medicines
ASMI calls on Federal Government for better rather than less regulation of complementary medicines 20 April 2015 – The Australian Self Medication Industry today urged the Federal Government to fine tune the regulatory system for complementary medicines, calling for better rather than less regulation of complementary medicines. Dr Deon Schoombie, ASMI Executive Director, said ASMI’s…
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NPS Media Release – DATIS AND NPS MEDICINEWISE: NEW THREE-YEAR CONTRACT
DATIS AND NPS MEDICINEWISE: NEW THREE-YEAR CONTRACT 22 April 2015 A new three-year contract launched in Adelaide today will see the Drug and Therapeutics Information Service (DATIS) based at the Repatriation General Hospital continue to deliver NPS MedicineWise educational visiting programs to general practitioners (GPs) across South Australia. DATIS, which is part of the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network,…