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Increase Safety Checks as Pharmacists Prepare to Leave Dispensaries
With the introduction of automated dispensing systems new safety factors appear as the pharmacist has to interface and change work-flows between dispensing assistants and the patient. And that takes place after a complete refit of the dispensary to accommodate the new robotic equipment and its impact on work-flows. Because of the pressures on the pharmacist…
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Embracing the Empowered Patient
The year 2016 ushered in a range of problems that caught health care providers generally unprepared as events unfolded. We all tend to keep in our own silos and do not necessarily take on an awareness with what is happening in the world of doctors, nurses and allied health practitioners unless they impact us directly…
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Community Pharmacy or Commodity Pharmacy?
Are pharmacies becoming a glamorised outlet for widely advertised complementary and over-the-counter medicines that require no skill to “pack and wrap”? Sales based on an advertisement in weekend papers (all heavily discounted of course!) and sales of nutritionals into China are driving our professionalism underground. Pharmacists who have never entertained supporting a particular complementary medicine…
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Australian Politicians presenting Myths about Vaccination
In Australia politicians and journalists are promoting vaccination programs with the aim of “increasing the immunisation rates in the population”. This statement implies that increased vaccination rates result in healthier communities. This implication is false. Children born in the last two decades are the most vaccinated in history (using more vaccines and having the highest…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Pharmacy Trial Program topics welcomed by pharmacists 2. WA Intern of the Year and Excellence Awards winners
Pharmacy Trial Program topics welcomed by pharmacists March 17, 2016 The announcement of the first topics for the Pharmacy Trial Program (PTP) under the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement (6CPA) has been welcomed by the peak organisation for pharmacists, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA). Federal Health Minister Sussan Ley today announced the first tranche of…
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ASMI Media Release – Consumer Healthcare Products fuelling strong ‘front of shop’ growth for pharmacy
Consumer Healthcare Products fuelling strong ‘front of shop’ growth for pharmacy 17 March 2016 – Consumer healthcare products, including over-the-counter (OTC) and complementary medicines, are fuelling strong growth of pharmacy ‘front of shop’ according to the sector’s peak body, the Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI). At APP 2016 ASMI’s Acting Chairperson, Mark Sargent, presented a…
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NPS Media Releases 1. Safeguarding against unnecessary tests, treatments & procedures 2. Choosing Wisely – next wave
16 MARCH 2016 UNITED ACTION TO SAFEGUARD AUSTRALIANS FROM UNNECESSARY TESTS, TREATMENTS AND PROCEDURES The Choosing Wisely Australia® campaign has today released 61 recommendations of tests, treatments and procedures that may not be necessary and could cause harm to Australian patients as the global healthcare initiative continues to expand and gain momentum in Australia. The 61 recommendations are…
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EDITORIAL for Monday 14 March 2016
Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday, 14 March 2016. This week we have devoted some time and effort to understand what is happening in the world of independent community pharmacies and how it is shrinking in terms of market share and the planning behind the forces driving these agendas.…
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The Lessons From History – From Someone Who Has Lived It
Two weeks ago we published an article called Make the Right Turn at the Next Crossroads . It was based on a story written by a senior US pharmacist named Truman Lastinger and published in the US magazine, Drug Topics. Because Truman Lastinger and I are of similar vintage I could strongly identify with the period…
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Marketing Your Leadership Potential – It’s a Great Persuader
Marketing is a powerful tool. Just ask any global drug company. It is their primary tool that underwrites the evidence base for their patented drugs. It’s a powerful tool to build cultural awareness, so that makes it a great tool for introducing the concepts that will take us down the pathway for a new paradigm pharmacy.…