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Provider Numbers are the key to clinical services rollout
A few years ago I read a biography on the life of Joseph Stalin. The story of how Stalin rose to power and then ruled Russia with an unrelenting grasp for thirty years was quite an interesting read. Despite all his paranoia, ordered executions and sending millions to the gulags it is an interesting fact […]
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Community Clinical Pharmacists as “Medication Coaches”- lessons from a great coach
I recently read this great piece of research published in the British Medical Journal by Australian Pharmacists. It reviews the literature to identify barriers to optimal prescribing and discusses strategies to overcome these barriers. http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/4/12/e006544.full.pdf+html As a keen sailor in my teenage years and early twenties I was extremely lucky to have as my coach […]
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A Tale of an Aspiring Medication Specialist
During my final year of Pharmacy each student was required to complete a one week placement in a hospital as part of our training. My uncle was an Intensive Care Specialist at a large regional hospital in New South Wales and was enthusiastic about organising for me to stay with him and spend a week […]
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Pharmacy Guild of Australia is no friend of Community Clinical Pharmacists – ANAO
On the 5th of March a report by the Australian National Audit Office was tabled in Federal Parliament with 257 pages of analysis into the administration by the Department of Health of the Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement (5CPA). I am not someone who reads these reports every day, but even to my untrained eye there […]
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The Most Cost-Effective MMR Services in the World
Editor’s Note: John Cook is a new writer for i2P. He brings with him an ability to see through “bulldust” and is not frightened to ask the question “Why?” He brings a fresh perspective to i2P and we are pleased to have him as one of the team. With all the current doom and gloom […]