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EDITORIAL for Monday 30 October 2017
Welcome to the current edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 30 October, 2017. Alarm bells must surely have been ringing loud and clear to all pharmacy leaders regarding two recent news reports, reported by Press Portal Online News. One concerned a medical centre development application and car parking spaces for health care…
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Analysis of new and Existing Global Retail Market Entrants and Their Effect on all retailers and Australian Pharmacy, and the Privatisation of Health
Indications are that at least two global retailers are in the process of setting up shop in Australia – Amazon, and the German-based Kaufland group (both having selected distribution sites in Melbourne), and a third, Costco, recently arrived in Australia, has major expansion plans. Aldi, established in Australia since the year 2000, has significantly altered…
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Why Amazon’s Entry to the Australian Pharmacy Market May Drive Cultural Change, New Innovation and Promote Young Pharmacists
Amazon is about to enter the Australian retail market and is known to be interested in adding pharmacy to its retail mix of products and services. Amazon has developed “entry point technology” to a consumer’s home. It is called the Echo system and it is powered by voice activation technology called “Alexa” which is of…
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Please give me eye contact!
It what seems obvious findings, patients prefer their doctors to be engaging in conversation, and to ignore any online screens. As electronic medical records become more common, it’s not unusual for doctors to enter data into a computer as they talk with their patients. Doctors seeing patients for the first time, when trying to build…
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Appreciation increases your value
A man attending a seminar on interpersonal relationships became convinced of the need for him to begin showing appreciation to people. His family seemed like an appropriate place to start. So on his way home, he picked up a dozen long-stem roses and a box of chocolates. This was going to be a real surprise,…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1. UQ News: Is there need to reform international drug treaties? 2. CannabisCheri: This Is Your Brain On Marijuana: An RN’s Perspective 3. Cannatech News: Using THC To Treat Symptoms Of Crohn’s Disease
1. UQ News: Is there need to reform international drug treaties? Professor Hall calls for “rigorous evaluation” The future of international drug control treaties is in question because of recent treaty-violating decisions to legalise non-medical cannabis use in Canada, the United States and Uruguay. Professor Wayne Hall from The University of Queensland Centre for Youth Substance Abuse is urging caution on…
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The Safe Vaccine Debate – 1.The Dr Judy Wileyman Report: Newsletters #178 & #179 2. AVN: VaxXed QLD Reaches Townsville 3. Robert Kennedy’s World Mercury Project: The Interwoven Global Epidemics of Mercury Toxicity and Autism
1. The Dr Judy Wileyman Report: Newsletters #178 & #179 Newsletter 178 The Australian Government is using Pseudoscience to Remove Vaccination Choice – a Human Right. 15 October 2017 Currently the Australian government is mandating with coercive strategies (financial penalties) 16 vaccines for children up to 20 years of age. There are also many employment situations in…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Preparing pharmacy assistants for changes to pain medicines 2. Pros and cons for pharmacists in Productivity Commission 3. Pharmacists welcome new Rural Health Commissioner 4. New resources to minimise impact of codeine transition
1. Preparing pharmacy assistants for changes to pain medicines October 27, 2017 JOINT MEDIA RELEASE The change to the scheduling of pain and cold and flu medicines from 1 February 2018 represents a significant shift in the pain management category for community pharmacy, according to the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the Pharmaceutical Society of…
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ASMI Media Releases – 1. Diamond Award Winners 2. Billions can be saved with more non-prescriptions medicines 3. How you respond to key concerns about switch 4. Call to recognise economic value of self care, switch 5. ASMI issues regulators and industry a challenge to change
ASMI congratulates Diamond Awards winners –Celebrating marketing and sales excellence in the non-prescription medicines industry 23 October, 2017 –The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) recognised excellence in sales and marketing at the prestigious Diamond Awards, held on the final afternoon of the World Self Medication Industry (WSMI) General Assembly in Sydney last week. This year, the Marketing Awards…
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NPS Media Releases – 1. Australian Prescriber 2. World Antibiotic Awareness Week
INDEPENDENT. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. EVIDENCE BASED PODCAST 24 OCTOBER 2017 PODCAST Episode 8 – Treatment of fibromyalgia Dr David Liew interviews Richard Kwiatek, a rheumatologist from Adelaide, about fibromyalgia and how GPs can help these patients in the community. Listen here ► © 2017 NPS MedicineWise | ABN: 61 082 034 393 Independent. Not-for-profit. Evidence…