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EDITORIAL for Monday 3 April 2017
Welcome to the current edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine, dated Monday 3 April, 2017. As some of you would know, I live in what many regard as “Australia’s best address” – the Northern Rivers Region of NSW. That boast is looking a little tattered since the drought broke and we received more than…
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The King and I – Shall we Dance?
Speculation is growing that the King Review – a review of future pharmacy options for the federal government – has been asked to consider two additional options: * Open ownership including supermarkets and foreign operators. * A government-owned franchise model involving full nationalisation of the pharmacy sector. The reasons given for the investigation of these…
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The Patient Proposition
I am wondering if there are any pharmacists out there who have ever created a written proposal to recruit patients to your practice. The reason I ask is that so many pharmacists in their communications with each other or with other health professionals, talk in terms of having “customers”, with the word “patient” appearing spasmodically…
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Developing a Single Patient View
From the last business cycle to the current version, pharmacists and community pharmacies have undergone some profound experiences and rapid change. The transition to now is leaving in its wake a sense of indecision and while many opportunities have arisen to improve pharmacist skills and community pharmacy development, only a small number of talented individuals…
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Do you give out your mobile number?
Contrary to what many others think, allowing a patient access to your mobile phone won’t cause an avalanche of irrelevant and annoying calls about trivial matters. However, if you have a patient who might need reassurance after hours, your mobile phone will cement a relationship that will never be challenged. People with life-sapping disease states…
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Understanding Medical Marijuana – UIC Symposium 2. Cannabis Legislation Support 3. Cannabis Curbs Opiate Epidemic
1. United In Compassion announces the 2017 Australian Medicinal Cannabis Symposium Lucy Haslam Tamworth, Australia MAR 27, 2017 — Over the past year, the Federal medicinal Cannabis scheme has developed very slowly and sadly has excluded the vast majority of genuine patients from accessing legal supplies of safe, botanical cannabinoid products. Disturbingly, some families have…
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The Safe Vaccination Debate – 1. Banning Unvaccinated Kids May Have Consequences 2. How Plumbing (not vaccines) Eradicated Disease 3. Aluminium in Vaccines Highly Toxic 4. Overvaccination 5. The Judy Wilyman Report
1. Professor Raina MacIntyre – Banning unvaccinated kids from child care may have unforeseen consequences OPINION: The federal government’s push for all state and territories to ban unvaccinated children from child care is a coercive measure that may disadvantage working parents and their children, and may have other unintended consequences. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says unifying…
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Losing isn’t the opposite of winning, it can be a part of winning
Vince Lombardi once said, “Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing.” Like most kids growing up, the importance of finishing first or winning was always stressed. As a competitive person, I thought that second place was the same as last. Losing was a source of shame and bitterness. No one wants to be defined as…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Commonsense Outcome for MedsASSIST 2. Nominees for PSA elections increase 3. Pharmacy Services and Screenings Must be Evidence-Based 4. Compounding Standards – Feedback Requested
Common sense outcome on MedsASSIST March 30, 2017 Pharmacists have applauded Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt for supporting the continuation of the MedsASSIST program in Australia, the peak national body for pharmacists, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) said today. Mr Hunt has supported continuing MedsASSIST which was scheduled to be discontinued from 10pm tonight.…