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Trust – It Always Has to be Worked at
Pharmacy always appears in national polls measuring trust, and always in the first three, with results for pharmacists, nurses and doctors all highly ranked and all close together. Trust is an elusive concept to quantify and when evaluating, only a subjective opinion can be formed as a measurement. But in human beings it is something…
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Japan stopped recommending HPV Vaccines in 2014!
All Australian adolescent girls and boys participating in school-based HPV vaccination programs need to be aware that the Japanese government placed a moratorium on the use of HPV vaccines (Gardasil) in 2014 and many other countries are considering similar action. This was due to its unproven outcomes. Gardasil and its GlaxoSmithKline equivalent, Cervarix, are vaccines which claim to…
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Murdoch Press Continues to Drive an Alarmist Zika Virus Agenda
The Murdoch press is at it again trying to stir up a bit of panic over the Zika virus being found in a Rockhampton visitor, which seems to i2P just a bit of a nonsense campaign to promote the way for a new mandatory vaccine to appear in the market place. In my last detailed…
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NAVIGATING THE ROAD AHEAD
Below, is a concise text which provides insights on just two of six key aspects which are impacting global, national and local economies and market places. I am confident that you, like delegates to a forthcoming conference, will recognise and successfully pursue your own objectives and outcomes from this information sharing. Enjoy. Profit. Share. Barry Urquhart…
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Getting fired can be a good thing
When you are fired, you’re rejected. It’s as simple as that. It’s the end of the road for that job. But it might put you on the superhighway to a Super Bowl championship! Look no further than Gary Kubiak, who is the newest poster child for rebounding from adversity. He was fired as head coach…
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PSA Media Releases – QUM for Pain Management
Quality use of Medicines Award for pain management 24 February 2016 Nominations are now open for an educational grant to be awarded to an Australian pharmacist who has made an outstanding contribution to the Quality use of Medicines through clinical care of consumers with persistent pain. Australia’s peak organisation for pharmacists, the Pharmaceutical Society of…
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NPS Media Release – Final Days NMS2016 Abstracts
24 FEBRUARY 2016 NMS 2016: final days to submit abstracts Abstract submissions for the National Medicines Symposium (NMS) 2016—hosted by NPS MedicineWise in Canberra in May—are closing this Monday 29th February. NPS MedicineWise spokesperson and chair of the NMS Program Committee Dr Robyn Lindner says there are new opportunities to be more actively involved this year, giving delegates the opportunity…
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EDITORIAL for Monday 22 February 2016
Welcome to this week’s edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 22 February, 2016. This week we focus on the evolving pharmacy workplace and how it has to become happier. The ingredients are generally well known, but are not practiced too well these days. Essentially, community pharmacists must aspire to become leaders and…
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A Happy Workplace is also a Profitable Business Environment
A happy workplace is one that is characterised by good leadership generating good policies, forward planning and capital recruitment, with all of that activity interpreted by good managers. Note that I use the word “interpret” for managers whose primary function is simply to make good decisions. Words can sometimes be misleading and if they ambiguously…
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Biometric Systems – Coming to a Place Near You
Devices for measuring personal biometrics have been evolving for some time now, with the promise of continuous monitoring of a patient or a well person undertaking a strenuous fitness program. On balance, the fitness industry is driving this type of monitoring to ensure safety and guidance for fitness trainers, but there is obviously room for…