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Choice gives us the tick of approval
I guess we have arrived at last! Our professional expertise has been approved by Choice magazine – a publication which has been fairly critical of us over the years. Even made the front page of some pharmacy newsletters. But hold on………the tick of approval has nothing to do with our professional expertise, our role in…
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Our attitude determines our altitude
My friend Pat Williams, senior executive vice president of the NBA’s Orlando Magic and author of several books including “Go For the Magic,” has a great analogy when it comes to attitude. He uses this comparison: On the instrument panel of every airplane is a device called the attitude indicator. This instrument shows the…
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Power of the media’s impact on medicine use revealed
More than 60,000 Australians are estimated to have reduced or discontinued their use of prescribed cholesterol-lowering statin medications following the airing of a two-part series critical of statins by ABC TV’s science program, Catalyst, a University of Sydney study reveals in the latest Medical Journal of Australia. The analysis of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme medication…
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Novel mHealth app detects depression
Passive app requires ‘no effort on the part of the user’ Feeling down? Your smartphone will most likely know before you or your doctors do, after a recent study showed promise for an mHealth app that detects depression and monitors at-risk populations. Researchers at Northwestern University’s department of preventive medicine have developed a novel mobile…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Advanced Pharmacy Practice 2. HMR Landmark Study 3. Sussan Ley to Open PSA15 4. Follow UK Funding Model For Practice Pharmacists
July 17, 2015 The development of an australian framework for advanced pharmacy practice The Pharmacy Practitioner Development Committee (PPDC) is pleased to report that two papers on advanced pharmacy practice initiatives undertaken on behalf of the Australian pharmacy profession were recently published in peer-reviewed journals. Development of a framework for advanced pharmacy practice. In the…
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ASMI Media Releases – Diamond Awards
ASMI Diamond Awards celebrate marketing & sales excellence in non-prescription medicines industry 14 July 2015 – Entries are now open for the 2015 ASMI Diamond Awards for marketing and sales excellence – the premier awards of the non-prescription medicines industry. Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI). Marketing and Business Development Director, Filomena Maiese, said the Awards,…
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NPS Media Releases – 1. Sneezing Billboards 2. Doctor’s Bag App
17 JULY 2015 SNEEZING BILLBOARDS SPREADING AN IMPORTANT HEALTH MESSAGE THIS COLD AND FLU SEASON Many Australians are doing a double take this week as they walk past ‘sneezing billboards’. The sneezing posters—which depict a man with a head cold mid-sneeze—carry the health messages ‘don’t pass on your germs’ and ‘practise good hygiene’. They are…
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EDITORIAL for Monday 13 July 2015
Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine for Monday 13 July, 2015. I guess it is human nature that creates conflict of interest. We see it in our own leadership bodies, in government policy creation and more recently, the Bill Shorten episode of election funding donations and enterprise agreements performed simultaneously.…
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A Call to Arms – Your Next Fight for Survival
In our last edition our lead article COSBA Support for Pharmacists Owning Pharmacies may not have attracted your attention and the significance of a different type of threat to the survival of pharmacy. We were interested to note that at least one pharmacist was alert to these circumstances and posted to the Auspharmlist Bulletin Board who noted…
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A Minor Ailment Scheme – Streamlining What We Have Always Done
The PGA has submitted a proposal to government for the provision of a minor ailments program. While pharmacists have provided this type of service for many years, a more streamlined and integrated version might well serve the community better. The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) commissioned a study in 2008 and found that 15 percent…