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EDITORIAL for Monday 30 November 2015
Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 30 November, 2015. As we move into the festive season for a number of cultures, it does become a moment for introspection, family, a review of values and a collective moment to check on how we are all travelling. While I am…
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The Paris Attacks – an Impetus for Community Pharmacy to be an Emergency Triage Point
Recently, I have written two articles relating to triaged services from a pharmacy environment and how community pharmacy could be integrated into a public emergency system. In these articles I made the proposition that Location Rules night have more meaning if pharmacies were able to be strategically located throughout Australia because of the need to…
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A Healthy Relationship?
The 2nd Annual Blackmore’s Institute Symposium 2015, held in Melbourne late last month, was titled “Translating Research into Practice”. The speaker line-up was impressive, as their workbook states, “catering for the clinical needs of a wide spectrum of healthcare professionals, including general practitioners, pharmacists, naturopaths, nutritionists and complementary medicine practitioners”. I was therefore surprised at…
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Mandatory Over-Vaccination Bill likely to pass in Australia
The Australian Senate Inquiry into the ‘No Jab No Pay’ legislation which will remove parents choice in the number of vaccines they use in their children (up to 20 yrs of age) for the receipt of welfare payments, has been passed by the Australian Senate. This is despite the thousands of submissions against this policy…
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The National Centre for Research on Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIM) – What is it?
The National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) recently changed its name. It replaced the word ‘Alternative’ with ‘Integrative’, to reflect both the “growth of integrative health care within communities across the US” and its research focus. This is the third time this agency has been re-named. Is this just another attempt to give…
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Our Thinking and Thought Leadership is Reflected
I2P has long espoused that community pharmacy has deep roots embedded in patient centering and engagement and has won all of its “stripes” on the basis of all the things that our antecedents did right. Those “roots” were responsible for our unique style of “over-the-counter prescribing” as well has building a market in compunded prescriptions…
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A New “Social Enterprise” Wholesaler
A new generic wholesaler has formed up as a philanthropic venture designed to apply its total net profit evenly between two organisations – the Breast Cancer Network Australia and Breast Cancer Institute of Australia. This ‘social enterprise’ company is called For Benefit Medicines (FBM) and it will negotiate generic drugs under a generic label with an FBM suffix.…
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You really can buy happiness
We’ve all heard the old adage that you can’t buy happiness. Well, it turns out that’s not exactly true. You actually can buy happiness – when you spend your money or your time on others. Does that come as a surprise to anyone? It’s true for individuals and companies alike. Corporations and organizations often…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Vic Government backs pharmacists 2. Victorian Intern of the Year
November 26, 2015 PSA welcomes Government’s backing of pharmacists to improve health of Victorians New policies to be introduced by the Andrews’ Government are a welcome move to improve the health of Victorians by enabling better utilisation of the skills and expertise of pharmacists and the existing community pharmacy infrastructure, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia says.…
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NPS Media Release – Healthcare Variation Atlas
26 NOVEMBER 2015 ATLAS SHINES A LIGHT ON HEALTHCARE VARIATION NPS MedicineWise welcomes the release today of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care’s Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation. Chief Executive Dr Lynn Weekes says that the atlas is key to helping build understanding of variations in clinical practice and identifying opportunities to improve quality…