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Editorial for Monday 9 November 2015
Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) dated Monday 9 November 2015. Well the “race that stops a nation” certainly electrified the nation when an all-Aussie team got up and beat all the overseas opposition and produced the first female jockey ever to win a Melbourne Cup. Just shows what courage and…
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The PBS $1 Discount – Strategies for Coping
The next 12 months will be a real time of testing as the discount PBS co-payment of $1 begins to bite. You must prepare to combat this process immediately to ensure that your pharmacy will survive. This cynical process adopted by government, has the potential to generate many bankruptcies after the first year of introduction. And…
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Customize your customer service
If you’ve ever had anything custom-made, you can relate to how satisfying the experience can be. Whether it’s a new house, a tailor-made shirt, or even a special sandwich, getting exactly what you ordered is gratifying. That’s why I think we should rename customer service to “custom service.” Every customer contact should involve custom care…
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Creativity in the Workplace – It has to be made possible
Think about a place where creativity would be encouraged and nurtured. Did you envision an art studio, a theatre, or maybe a child’s playroom? All those places come to mind pretty easily, but I’m willing to bet there’s one place that didn’t, and that’s the pharmacy workplace. The traditional working life that many of us…
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Increase Your Employability – Build a Personal Brand Through IT & Social Media
Increasingly, it is becoming more difficult for pharmacies to employ a range of pharmacists. It is simply because of the diminishing money supply in the system. This comes about because of the commoditisation of the PBS and the lack of courage by all pharmacy leaders to develop systems and services that are not government funded…
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Marketing Focus – Essays on Management & Marketing
1. SCENARIO PLANNING ANALYSIS Mining resources are finite, ideas and innovation and infinite. In that one sentence is an overview of the reality and the opportunities of, and for, Australia. Critical analysis of scenario planning details reveal some substantive and important elements. Many of the aspects also relate, and are pertinent to individuals, sectors and…
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‘No Jab No Pay’ Public Hearing, Australia (2nd November 2015)
There have been thousands of submissions regarding the ‘No Jab No Pay’ legislation sent to the Senate Committee Inquiry yet only 400 were published on the government website prior to the Public Hearing (2nd November 2015). The Senate Committee will report on the Public Hearing 9 November 2015 and there has been no debate on mandatory vaccination in the Australian…
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Senior US Ex-Vaccination Researcher Interviewed
Editor’s Note: The following interview was conducted by Jon Rappoport with a senior US scientist and ex- vaccine researcher. As an investigative reporter, Jon Rappoport’s credentials are exceptionally high. He also publishes his own blog titled nomorefakenews and you can view it by clicking on the link. The vaccine researcher’s name has been suppressed for the…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Project Stop 2. PBS Changes – Prepare Consumers 3. Pharmacist Awarded Life Membership
November 4, 2015 ProjectSTOP – Ten years nonSTOP Threats to reschedule pseudoephedrine products, the growing menace of methamphetamine use and the development of sophisticated tracking technology combined 10 years ago this month to see the introduction of ProjectSTOP – the pharmacy profession’s tool to track sales of medicines containing pseudoephedrine. The cover story for the…
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NPS Media Release – Osteoporosis: Reducing Projected Health Burden
5 NOVEMBER 2015 OSTEOPOROSIS: REDUCING THE PROJECTED HEALTH BURDEN Despite an ageing population, prescriptions for osteoporosis medicines in Australia have remained stable. NPS MedicineWise has launched a new learning program and health professional resources on osteoporosis to assist in identification of patients at increased risk of osteoporosis, choosing and initiating therapy in patients particularly following minimal…