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Pharmacy Nemesis Roger Corbett – Back to the Future
Influential shareholders of Woolworths are seeking to invite Roger Corbett, the nemesis of Australian pharmacy, back into the fold as chairman. They say: “Woolworths needs a circuit breaker. Given the way Woolworths has lost direction and given the loss of shareholder value, there needs to be accountability – what’s needed is a circuit breaker to sort out the […]
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Communications Device and System for Clinical Pharmacists
When you are involved in clinical work in pharmacy, it is necessary to have a portable platform. This would be represented by an iPad or any Android notepad, even a smartphone. If you wanted something that could easily slip into a coat pocket, then the iPad mini is designed just for you, or you could […]
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The Global Trend in Working Environments: Co-working & Retail Clinics
I2P has been researching the concept of a “freelance” clinical pharmacist for some years now. As we are normally about 5-10 years projected in our “over-the-horizon” thinking, it is not surprising that the trend has not yet become fully obvious within the pharmacy profession. Pharmacy culture is only just transitioning from a dispensary presentation to […]
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®Easy chain – Sartoretto Verna rethinks pharmacy design
Editor’s Note: Australian community pharmacy design is altering to include more compound dispensing, a variety of clinical spaces and less general retailing. Interview rooms will take away wall space and the display shelving, so new innovations are required. Sartoretto Verna has harnessed this trend in a presentation they call the Easy chain display system that […]
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Evidence Based Design Will Encourage Patient Outcomes
A pharmacy environment is a complex one of patients, customers, products and services. It is a little understood environment because evidence surrounding its structure and presentation is sparse. All the elements require integration. It’s one thing to spruce up a space aesthetically, but it’s equally important to address the underlying conditions to support the experience […]
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A Clinical Look at Pharmacy
As pharmacies move towards establishing vaccination clinics, pharmacy is experiencing major resistance from medical groups. This was predicted by i2P and in fact we commented that clinical pharmacists would come under scrutiny from a range of sectors that includes doctors, nurses, patients and government agencies, and that scrutiny would be harsher than what they would […]
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New Paradigm Pharmacy Design
Pharmacy Workplaces are fairly sterile places to work in as regards to interaction with co-workers and fulfilment for patients and customers. Design improvement is one of the last items generally considered when setting up a pharmacy because there are many models to view and adapt that are already developed, and can be readily copied. But […]
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Embrace and Plan for the Future of 3D Drug Printing
In 3D-printing, pharmacists have a tool that if understood and used appropriately, can elevate their ability to perform research and provide service levels not even previously envisaged. i2P often claims that “it lives in the future to reflect a pathway back to its present readers”. Believe me, this claim refers to the topics contained within […]
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So you want to collaborate? – a US experience
Collaboration between doctors and pharmacists is not a new thought, and when performed correctly and ethically, it works well for both sides. But mostly this is an exception, it only seems to work if the pharmacist takes up the role of being a second class citizen with floor-mat privileges. It is simply a power play […]
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Basic Patient Engagement
The term “Patient Engagement” is appearing in pharmacy media at an increasing rate. But what is meant by this term and is there more than one form of patient engagement? The quick answer is that the term is not new, but has been expanded to include patient sharing between various health professions. Patient engagement has […]