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Marketing Focus Newsbrief – Australian Service Standards Costing Business Big Time
The customers have spoken. Australian customer services are consistently falling short of expectations. It is costing businesses pedestrian traffic, sales enquiries, revenue, profits, repeat business and customer loyalty. Many of the key contributing issues are cultural and systemic. On the road to “redemption” there are no shortcuts. However, the potential rewards are bountiful. Recent experiences…
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THE CORPORATE DESTRUCTION OF HEALTH CARE: Part 1 – And Health Professionals are Letting It Happen!
I remember the time when physicians, pharmacists, other health professionals, and healthcare institutions such as hospitals had both the authority and responsibility for the decisions regarding the healthcare services, medications, and other products provided for patients, including costs. This “system” had significant shortcomings but it usually facilitated communication and positive relationships among patients and health…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1. Cannabis Tech: Cannabis Aquaponics – Green Relief Is The First Of Its Kind In North America 2. Mirage News: Australia’s First Medicinal Cannabis Clinic Launches 3. Medical Marijuana Inc News: WHAT IS MICRODOSING? – A LOOK AT THE CONSUMPTION TACTIC THAT IS TAKING OVER MEDICAL MARIJUANA
1. Cannabis Tech: Cannabis Aquaponics – Green Relief Is The First Of Its Kind In North America Big things are happening in the rolling landscape surrounding the industrial city of Hamilton, Ontario. In a 30,000ft subterranean bunker, partially hidden from view thanks to its living grass roof, Green Relief is growing medical marijuana using aquaponics. As…
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The Safe Vaccine Debate – 1. Robert Kennedy’s World Mercury Project: One in Nine Adverse Events Reported After DTaP Vaccination is Serious—But CDC Says, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” 2. Dr Judy Wilyman Report: Newsletter #205, Newsletter #206, Newsletter #207 3. The Children’s Medical Safety Research Institute (CMSRI): Vaccine Boom, Population Bust – Study queries the link between HPV vaccine and soaring infertility
1. Robert Kennedy’s World Mercury Project: One in Nine Adverse Events Reported After DTaP Vaccination is Serious—But CDC Says, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” By The World Mercury Project Team – JULY 31, 2018 Until the 1990s, the vaccine administered to children for diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis protection was the DTP vaccine, one of the first combination…
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Communication Need Not Be Complicated
Several years ago, a seasoned plumber wrote to the U.S. Bureau of Standards promoting a new procedure for cleaning pipes. The bureau replied: “The efficiency of the recommended solution is completely undisputed. However, there is an inherent incompatibility between the aforementioned solution and the basic chemical structures of the commonly used materials in current household…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Ben Coghlan wins 2018 Pharmacy Student of the Year Award 2. Joint winners for PSA MIMS Intern Pharmacist of the Year 3. Smart syringe wins big at Pharmacy Shark Tank 4. 2018 PSA Excellence Awards winners announced 5. Unlocking opportunities for pharmacists in 2023 6. Pharmacists to help guard against meningococcal 7. PSA welcomes expansion plan for pharmacist vaccination in NSW
1. Ben Coghlan wins 2018 Pharmacy Student of the Year Award July 28, 2018 Ben Coghlan from the ACT has won both the 2018 PSA Pharmacy Student of the Year (PSOTY) Award and the People’s Choice Award, announced at the PSA18 Gala Dinner in Sydney tonight. PSA National President Dr Shane Jackson congratulated Mr Coghlan…
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ASMI Media Releases – International Self Care Day – Feel Good, 24/7
International Self Care Day – Feel Good, 24/7 24 July 2018 Today is International Self Care Day with the theme ‘Feel Good, 24/7’. Self care refers to the activities individuals, families and communities undertake on their own behalf to prevent disease, enhance health and treat minor illness. Greater self care results in improved health outcomes…
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EDITORIAL for Monday 23 July 2018
Welcome to the current edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 23 July 2018. Since our last edition we have seen mainstream media (MSM) focus on US president Donald Trump lambasting him for protocol breaches (walking in front of Queen Elizabeth), and calls for impeachment on a charge of treason. While this bizarre…
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Self-Care….A Perfect Fit with Community Pharmacy
The concept of Self-Care as a tangible health tool has been formally recognised by Australian community pharmacy since the 1970’s. It’s original introduction was generated by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) through a set of information fact cards written in a patient-friendly format that formed up as a suitable reference point for pharmacists and trained…
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International Self-Care Day – an Opportunity to Embrace
Remember when the “Self-Care” cards were launched by PSA? Those were the days. As a profession, pharmacists decided that they needed to play a more meaningful role in patient care, above and beyond the supply facility. Never mind vocal engagement – these were written materials that quickly went into a back corner to gather dust.…