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One Heck of a Ride!
Well, that day has finally arrived when it is now time to retire and focus on family issues, rather than pharmacy issues. Coincident with the publication of this edition of i2P I have reached the age of 81, and not surprisingly my energy levels are not what they used to be. My pharmacy career has…
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Outreach Services are Drivers for Clinical Services that can Expand Market Share
This article is the last in an article series attempting to summarise a focus for community pharmacy direction using an outreach Pharmacy-in-the-Home program as a driver of future directions. We have identified two main demographics as being the driving forces – the ageing population and a younger time-poor demographic who have in their charge young…
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Professional Services Home Outreach – Marketing the Program and Recruiting the Patients
Pharmacy–in–the–Home (PIH) outreach programs are lagging in community pharmacy because there are insufficient clinical service developments within the existing physical environment.It is hard to establish a PIH if you are unable to demonstrate what a prospective patient may find of value, particularly in the form of a clinical service or other service. So in taking a…
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A Key Marketing Entry Point For a Pharmacy-in-the-Home (PIH) Program
Pharmacy-in-the-Home (PIH) is basically a major form of patient engagement in an expanded care process. It requires a whole of business approach to establish the concept, and it is recommended that the actual PIH program be incorporated as a separate shared business format, the delivery of health care requires system modifications that integrate with the…
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Pharmacy in the Home (PIH) – Designing Your Future Direction
This is a project that has finally gained traction with community pharmacy leadership. As a reference exercise, i2P plans to condense its knowledge of PIH projects and deliver this content to readers, spread over a number of articles. The necessity of the project is self evident when you consider age demographics of the Australian population.…
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Community Pharmacy Market Research – Very Slow in Uptake
In a recent edition of Forefront (published by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia) a news item regarding some new market research delivered by ORIMA Research for the PGA “shows that patients want pharmacy-led services delivered in-home and more health services delivered in pharmacies”. This information evidently forms part of a PGA strategic plan titled CP2025.…
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A National Community Pharmacy Minor Ailment Program – Scotland is there, Australia is where?
The UK has long been a beacon, lighting the way for pharmacists to be fully integrated into the healthcare team through clinical expertise. Scotland in particular has been very successful in gaining political support and recognition for pharmacy expertise, actual and potential. Community pharmacy in the UK and Australia has long been a first resource…
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Ageing Population Chronic Illness Requires Integrated Care – That Requires Pharmacist Independent Prescribers
Australian pharmacists and their leadership organizations have historically been seen as conservative and slow to adapt to changing health care needs. Much like other Western economies, Australia is grappling with an aging population burdened with a range of chronic illnesses, which translates to high health care costs. Pharmacists have recognized this issue for over 20…
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Pharmacy Anywhere – A System for Pharmacy Enhanced Primary Care
It is now well over 20 years ago that i2P proposed that community pharmacy develop a system we titled “Pharmacy-In-The-Home”. The reason for such a proposal was because of the predictions for an ageing population demographic, expanding and potentially reaching a figure of 28 percent of total population. We argued that an ageing population would…
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Pharmacist Prescribing – It’s Time!
Australian pharmacists lag behind their counterparts in other western economies (particularly the UK) in their scope of practice involving independent prescribing. In Scotland, for example, around 40 percent of pharmacists are registered as prescribers. The problem in Australia is a cultural one. Firstly, there has been disharmony within the pharmacy profession through disruption of the…