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EDITORIAL for Monday 7 March 2016
Welcome to this week’s edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 7 March 2016. This week we have developed our article mix to hopefully wake up the pharmacist community to the massive disruption that is currently on our doorstep. We have decided to look into the immediate future at this disruptive processes that will…
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The Move Towards PBS Privatisation – It is a Possibility and Could Provide a Wrecking Ball for Community Pharmacy
I am always suspicious of government motivation when they move the chess pieces around the board without an appropriate explanation. Dating back to the start of the Coalition taking power there was discussion that highlighted the poorly defined role private health insurance plays in the funding and delivery of Australian health care, and how government…
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Alliance Boots will Spearhead a Global Onslaught with our Goverment’s Assistance
The news broke last week that Alliance Boots was making plans to enter the Australian market. This appears to be another step in the global concentration of community pharmacy, which Australian pharmacy has been able to withstand. Until now. The original Boots pharmacy group, a UK-based company, was recently taken over by the largest retail…
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RFID Is a Basic Step Towards Specialist Goods & Services Success
Specialist Retailers like Rebecca Minkoff are benefiting more from service and supply chain agility. Australian specialist pharmacies lag well behind. Today, consumers are more informed, empowered and demanding. As the line between the physical and digital worlds blurs, retailers must differentiate themselves to drive customer loyalty. That means delighting customers and patients beyond expectation while getting…
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Diluting the debate
When we are asked what sort of tea we want at a cafè, we select an option. We know what we want – English breakfast tastes different that Earl Grey, Green Tea and others. So, we acknowledge that teas have different properties, different tastes, different “actives”. What is it then so hard for pharmacists to…
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Marketing Focus – Essays on Management & Marketing
A little gratuitous advice to the Australian Prime Minster, Malcolm Turnbull: Schedule this year’s Federal election for September, or better still, October. At this time the Australian economy and commerce do not need a 5-to 6-week distraction that will impact on productivity, momentum and cash-flow. The later the better, is only a compromise. Now is…
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Charisma breeds success
Some people walk into a room and all heads turn. When they begin to speak, people are mesmerized. They instantly gain respect and trust. In a word, they have charisma, one of the most desirable and enviable qualities in the world. What is charisma? It’s hard to define, but it is many things, such as…
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BMJ Suppresses Information – Informant Responds
Please see below my email to Fiona Godlee, editor-in-chief of The BMJ. This is also relevant to other aluminium-adjuvanted vaccines, e.g. HPV and pertussis. The more I look into vaccination policy and practice, the more appalled I become. Vaccination policy has been effectively hijacked by the vaccine industry. Children all around the world are…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Pharmacists Support eHealth 2. Medical Advisory Committee – First Pharmacist Appointed 3. First Public Health Boost – Pharmacist Vaccinations
Pharmacists support eHealth boost for patient care 4 March 2016 The Federal Government’s move to encourage more Australians to use eHealth records to improve coordinated healthcare has been welcomed by the peak organisation for pharmacists, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA). Federal Health Minister Sussan Ley today launched a new program for electronic health records…
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NPS Media Releases – Depression – Looking at all approaches
4 MARCH 2016 DEPRESSION: THE PLACE IN THERAPY FOR BOTH NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL APPROACHES AND ANTIDEPRESSANTS A new health professional learning program on depression launched by NPS MedicineWise focuses on quality use of medicines and the evidence for a range of non-pharmacological strategies. Healthcare professionals and particularly GPs are pivotal to the care of people with depression,…