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It’s Not Just Sony Pictures Facing Security Issues – It’s Pharmacy!
Editor’s Note: Steve Jenkin has an interest in cybersecurity and is the “go to” person for i2P in these matters. The recent hacking of Sony in the US when it was about to release a movie based on the North Korean dictator (and the hackers also thought to be the North Korean government) illustrated vividly…
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Pharmacy by Design
Pharmacy renewal, a process that will start in earnest in this year of 2015, cannot occur without shop refitting or modification along with design changes reflecting the shape and style of the workflows that have to be accommodated. Major designers, stimulated by Afffordable Care Legislation in the US, have turned their attention on healthcare as…
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Visual Grammar – a Great Advertising Technique
The people that developed the Smart Draw software have come up with a series of advertorials that are both unique and have application as part of a manager’s tool kit. They have intrigued me with their style so that I not only use their software but I am now republishing their advertorials free of charge.…
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Keep your funny side up
Life is funny – or at least, I think it should be. Finding humor in everyday things is a gift. Our very serious world can be depressing and overwhelming. Problems at work can seem insurmountable. Your car is making a disturbing noise, and the kids’ school just called to let you know your daughter,…
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Albert Einstein – His Personal Credo
Recently, some personal records of Albert Einstein were released and more are being digitised for public access. i2P is publishing some of this material because he was such an interesting man of science. Albert Einstein considered himself a “loner” and did not believe in “free will”. In August 1932, Albert Einstein wrote “My Credo” in…
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A History of Pharmacy in Pictures – a Culture Change Reference
While this slide presentation (at the foot of this text) leads into the history of US pharmacy, we all share a common heritage up to 1788, the birth year of European settlement in Australia. As part of understanding the culture of pharmacy, everyone needs to know their origins to be able to centre their own…
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PSA Media Releases 1. Sussan Ley appointment 2. Swearing in of Sussan Ley
December 23, 2014 Important step for healthcare as new Minister sworn in The swearing in of Sussan Ley as Australia’s new Minister for Health marks an important step in the ongoing health-reform process in this country and also for the future direction of the pharmacy profession, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia says. National President of…
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EDITORIAL for Monday 29 December, 2014
Welcome to this week’s edition of Information to Pharmacists (i2P) E-Magazine. I had some time over the holiday period to do a bit of housekeeping, some of which was to review some slideshows that I had wanted to read, but just hadn’t gotten around to it. They began to stimulate my thoughts so I decided…
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Spread Ideas With Effective Visual Docs
While I was viewing this interesting slideshow it dawned on me that pharmacy communications had slipped badly because we had not embraced slidedoc communications with patients. Knowing the difference between a slidedoc and a slideshow presentation also helps. It also crossed my mind that patient information may be better served if it was designed in…
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Company Culture – Trends in 2015
We all visualise that we have a great company culture (if we are using a pharmacy company structure) and that everything is green in the garden. We are one big happy family. Are you sure about that? How do you develop and promote your culture? Are you aware that it is central to your success…