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Menopause and “alternative” therapies
The recurring press chestnuts just keep rolling on and on, just as predictable as the four seasons. It seems that medical efforts to classify menopause as a disease state have failed miserably. Women are now seeking advice on other options from their medical practitioner. However, because of poor training, poor understanding of what role menopause…
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Special Olympics change the world
First Lady Michelle Obama has had the pleasure of attending many spectacular events, but I would venture to guess that opening the 14th Special Olympics World Games at the end of July had to rank with the most inspirational. It wasn’t because of the musical performances, fireworks, or even the flaming torch that was carried from…
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The Precautionary Principle – Why did it disappear in formulating vaccine policy?
These days, when you raise any comment or query regarding the effectiveness of a vaccine, the mainstream media label you as an “anti-vaxer” and either ignore you or write you up in a derogatory fashion. And isn’t it strange that a universal call for “safe vaxing” is not even mentioned, because it does not suit…
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Clinical Pharmacy – a US Working Model
There is an excellent US publication available online and its title is “Drug Topics”. I probably have some affinity because the range of topics discussed ranges from pharmacy management to clinical pharmacy, somewhat similar to material published in i2P. One recent article caught my eye, and it was titled: The new pharmacy: Revenue streams, Part…
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On Being a TV “Star”
From time to time I have noticed comment in pharmacy media of the lack of programs on television that feature pharmacist’s roles and that make a positive contribution to pharmacy culture. Occasionally you find the odd program that has a minor mention of a pharmacist, but generally derogatory in some way due to a character…
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Marketing Focus – Short Stories on Management & Marketing
DIGITAL-ERA MARKETING– MISUNDERSTOOD AND UNDER-UTILISED “Digital era” and “Digital marketing” are two phrases and concepts that are largely misunderstood and therefore under-utilised. For some, both are confronting, intimidating, overwhelming. They need not, and should not be so. An overwhelming majority of digital marketing campaigns fail to achieve their optimum because of a lack of direction,…
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Paint the Ceilings
I’ve been thinking about pizza, ceilings, and what we want from airlines and caregivers. I am a frequent flier, United 1K, in the interest of full disclosure. Last week, I was chatting with a fellow passenger who holds the airline’s highest status—Global Services. You can guess what two road warriors who’ve endured a hundred thousand…
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PSA15 – It’s now or never
The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia PSA have created a fresh new concept in pharmacy conferences which incorporates the best of previous conferences such as the CPExpo and PAC into an innovative new conference named PSA15. Joe Demarte the newly appointed president of the PSA began by saying that Australian pharmacy is undergoing unprecedented change, our…
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Emoji Power and Pharmacist Communications
Recently I noted a comment published in a pharmacy online blog that criticised the way pharmacist written communications were delivered to aboriginal communities and referred specifically to the lack of images to relay concepts or specialised components of information. Not having a lot of experience in this area I reflected about what I did know…
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Customers feat on great service
How much would you pay for an egg? Fifty cents? Two dollars? How about $6,000? That’s how much it cost one restaurant in Newport Beach which refused to honor a customer’s request. Not through legal action, or any formal process. Rather, it represents the lost business that eatery suffered – because of one egg.…