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Signs Future Clinical Trial Data Will be Transparent
In December of 2012, the BMJ announced a new policy regarding the sharing of data from clinical trials that included that BMJ would not publish material for trials on drugs and medical devices unless the authors committed to making the relevant anonymised patient level data available on reasonable request. This was to apply to any […]
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Failure isn’t fatal
In 1860 a thirty-eight-year old man was working as a handyman for his father, a leather merchant. He kept books, drove wagons and handled hides for about $66 a month. Prior to this menial job the man had failed as a soldier, a farmer and a real estate agent. Most of the people who knew […]
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Immunisation Guidelines 2. Feedback on Competency Standards
January 21, 2015 PSA releases revised immunisation guidelines The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has released its revised immunisation guidelines to reflect the growing movement among State and Territory Governments to allow pharmacist-delivered vaccinations. The revised guidelines focus on the pharmacist being the immuniser and they promote best practice in the delivery of high-quality immunisation services in […]
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ASMI Media Releases – 1. Committee of Management 2.Fish Oil products
ASMI announces its Committee of Management 16 January 2015 – The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) today announced its Committee of Management for 2015. ASMI Executive Director, Dr Deon Schoombie, welcomed members to the Committee of Management. “We have a very talented and strong Committee of Management who will be driving an ambitious advocacy program […]
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NPS Media Releases – New Medicinewise Honorary Members
NEW NPS MEDICINEWISE HONORARY MEMBERS 20 January, 2015 Three new honorary members of NPS MedicineWise have been appointed following an extensive call for nominations. Ms Mary Hemming, Professor Gillian Shenfield AM and Associate Professor Andrea Mant were invited by the NPS MedicineWise Board to become honorary members of NPS MedicineWise. “The three new honorary members […]
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EDITORIAL for Monday 19 January 2015
Welcome to the new weekly i2P E-Magazine edition for Monday 19 January 2015. While I believe that 2015 will be a better year for pharmacy, I would only qualify the statement to include the words “for those who pull their finger out”. A crude but effective message! How else do you think things will happen […]
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Patient Engagement is Patient Management and Customer Conversion
How often do you openly engage with a patient, particularly when you have a busy dispensing schedule under way and the order in your day is rapidly becoming “disorder”. Eyes averted, you bend your head to avoid eye contact, because that would extend patient engagement, and with that, your day suddenly just deteriorated a shade […]
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Rite Aid has the Rite Pharmacy Model for Australia.
It’s nice to have your own research confirmed elsewhere in the world of pharmacy. i2P have long been talking about a “whole of pharmacy” approach to delivering clinical services. Every single aspect of a community pharmacy must dovetail, one with the other so that there is a sustainable effect for the whole. Core Business = […]
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Health Station Central – Rebuilding Trust
The community pharmacy environment is really the public face of pharmacy and has been privileged by being protected by legislation. There is an obligation to do the job properly and utilise the space to accommodate highly trained staff to deliver a complete service. There is also an expectation that skilled staff will be paid appropriately […]
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Pop-Up Stores might Provide Pharmacy Marketing Opportunity
With a range of retail store becoming vacant because of economic distress, new opportunities present by being able to rent the front windows of these stores at low rentals. The idea is not new and real estate agents and investors have started looking for alternatives to hiring property management company for their vacant space to […]