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EDITORIAL for Monday, 18 May 2015 + Sussan Ley Media Release
Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 18 May, 2015. This week we have concentrated on looking at elements of a new paradigm pharmacy that can promote clinical services. With 6CPA negotiations seemingly out of the way (but still mysteriously under wraps at the time this edition was circulated),…
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MinuteClinic hits 25 million patient visit milestone
CVS Health’s MinuteClinic has surpassed 25 million patient visits since opening the nation’s first retail clinic in 2000, the company announced on Tuesday. This is the future of Australian pharmacy as well, if pharmacy leaders can get their act into gear. But why wait for that to happen? Surely progressive Australian pharmacy owners can venture…
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Replacing the PBS market for a sustainable Income – home health technology, self care and primary health care
PBS is almost a lost cause. The amount of time that is invested in this product compared to the return on invested capital, is now not viable. This will not improve as health minister, Sussan Ley, has stated she is “not interested in pharmacists’ pay packets, only lower costs for consumers”. A directional change is…
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Communications Device and System for Clinical Pharmacists
When you are involved in clinical work in pharmacy, it is necessary to have a portable platform. This would be represented by an iPad or any Android notepad, even a smartphone. If you wanted something that could easily slip into a coat pocket, then the iPad mini is designed just for you, or you could…
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Plant extracts offer hope against diabetes and cancer
Diabetes is the fastest growing metabolic disease in the world. A new study has shown that traditional Aboriginal and Indian plant extracts could be used to manage the disease and may also have potential use in cancer treatment. Researchers from Swinburne University of Technology identified plant species that could potentially be applied in the management…
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An Indemnity Choice
There’s so much happening in the pharmacy space these days. We have our heads down and tails up, hoping that our leaders can re-establish our role in primary health care from the current retail offer. If you have been like me, renewing your indemnity insurance has meant accepting an ”offer to renew”. That puzzled me…
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National Volunteer Week 2015 – thank you to PSS volunteers for 20 years of support
National Volunteer Week, which runs from 11th to 17th May, is an ideal time to acknowledge the work of the pharmacists and retired pharmacists who support their colleagues as volunteers with the Pharmacists’ Support Service (PSS). About 25 pharmacists, professionally trained for this role, work behind the scenes to provide telephone support service to Australian…
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PSA Media Releases – Multi Releases 6CPA & PSA15 Conference
18 May, 2015 Consumers winners as professional services get boost in Community Pharmacy Agreement The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has welcomed the signing of a letter of intent between the Australian Government and the Pharmacy Guild agreeing on the broad parameters of the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement, including doubling of funding for pharmacist-delivered professional services…
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ASMI Media Release – ASMI supports real-time monitoring of OTC codeine containing analgesics
ASMI supports real-time monitoring of OTC codeine containing analgesics 15 May 2015 – The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) today supported calls by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia for a national real-time monitoring system for over-the-counter (OTC) codeine containing analgesics. Dr Deon Schoombie, ASMI Executive Director, said ASMI’s submission…
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NPS Media Release – 1. Hypertension Day 2. Flu Vaccine Choices
15 MAY 2015 KNOW YOUR NUMBERS THIS WORLD HYPERTENSION DAY, 17 MAY 2015 The theme of this year’s World Hypertension Day on 17 May 2015 is ‘know your numbers’. NPS MedicineWise encourages Australians with high blood pressure to take an active interest in monitoring and managing their condition by getting into the habit of knowing their numbers.…