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Education – Bring it on!
I continue to be amazed at the options available to give better results to our patients. No more is this evident in the area of complementary medicines. Young pharmacists to whom I speak give me the impression that complementary medicines are unproven, unprofessional and almost “beneath” them from a patient care perspective. What they are…
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Marketing Focus – Essays on Management and Marketing Issues
INTRODUCTION Time could be against you. Business owners and managers who have addressed the consequences of GFC (Global Financial Crisis) and the mining sector downturn with cost cutting and operations refinements may contend that they are now well placed for an economic upturn. It could be a long wait. So many indeterminable variables are, and…
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Accessing Medical Marijuana
Australia really does have a peculiar poisons regulation system, particularly when you want to access a non-psychoactive version of medical cannabis, in the form of hemp. According to this outpatient alcohol rehab, although doctors can now legally prescribe medical marijuana they can only do so if they register at the federal and state levels for…
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The University stands by Anti-Vaccination PhD Thesis
Editor’s Note: Gradually, the hoaxes involving the production of new vaccines (such as Zika virus vaccines) and the global networks that front for these activities, are slowly being made transparent. The shadowy footprint of Big Pharma allegedly seems to be both the facilitator of negative publicity that promotes its marketing objectives, and the provider of funds (directly and…
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Why are there no Medical Whistleblowers?
Editor’s Note: John Rappoport is a well known US investigative journalist.He perfected his craft through well known media networks that are simply described as “mainstream”.Like many of his peer group he has had to observe with dismay, the dismantling and corruption of his profession.His moral compass took over and he joined what is now called…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Pharmacy Review 2. Dorothy Lucardie OAM
Pharmacy review an opportunity to improve the future July 27, 2016 Pharmacists have welcomed the opportunity to contribute to the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation following the release of a Discussion Paper by the Federal Government, the peak national body for pharmacists, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) said today. The Discussion Paper outlines an extensive…
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NPS Media Releases 1. Australian Prescriber First Digital Edition 2. Venturewise Division
2 August 2016 Australian Prescriber First Digital Edition The first fully digital issue of Australian Prescriber is now available from the new website. Download your favourites or read them on your desktop, laptop, tablet and mobile. View web page ARTICLES Prescribing psychotropic drugs to adults with an intellectual disability The rates of mental illness among…
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EDITORIAL for Monday July 25 2016
Welcome to the current edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 25 July 2016. Since our last edition the entire world seems to have gone mad and in certain countries like America, it is a very unsafe place to live in. People are also feeling powerless as global corporations buy their way into…
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For Future Growth & Stability – Add an Advisory Board
Pharmacy Practice requires a clearly defined infrastructure (physical and conceptual) before the product of a pharmacy practice can be delivered. Since the bottom of the last pharmacy business cycle in 2012 there has been a general realisation that pharmacy culture must change to a new paradigm and deliver a new end product – but a…
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The Hidden Costs of Pharmacy Staff Turnover
When we talk about high staff turnover, we know that there is a loss factored to losing staff but the problem is that it is elusive. You don’t really feel its’ direct effects in the cash register. It’s a hidden cost, something that is not completely tangible, other than the costs paid to recruitment companies…