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Clinical Pharmacy – a US Working Model
There is an excellent US publication available online and its title is “Drug Topics”. I probably have some affinity because the range of topics discussed ranges from pharmacy management to clinical pharmacy, somewhat similar to material published in i2P. One recent article caught my eye, and it was titled: The new pharmacy: Revenue streams, Part…
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The Opportunity for Pharmacist Provided Triage Services
Triage, is a word derived from the French verb trier, which means to separate, sift or select. It is really a management process and management consultants constantly use the system to make management systems more efficient. It can can be applied to any workflow component of a pharmacy, and so the word has slightly different meanings depending on…
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Paint the Ceilings
I’ve been thinking about pizza, ceilings, and what we want from airlines and caregivers. I am a frequent flier, United 1K, in the interest of full disclosure. Last week, I was chatting with a fellow passenger who holds the airline’s highest status—Global Services. You can guess what two road warriors who’ve endured a hundred thousand…
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Why Large Pharmacies Must Develop
Traditionally, when pharmacists reach a mature point in their business and practice development, they have looked to increase their success by adding a new pharmacy to their collection. And sometimes more than two pharmacies, expanding to the legal limit of five or six (or even more using creative investment practices). While the gross profit capacity…
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GP Practice Pharmacists – What is the Future?
Many of Australia’s accredited pharmacists have become frustrated with the “silo” they have been forced to occupy. The frustration was triggered when financing of HMR’s was manipulated so as to create “caps” on the numbers of reports that could be produced, and that a lower-level PGA inspired “Medscheck” was thrust on the scene that competed…
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New Study Creates a Guide for Pharmacy Clinics
As pharmacy moves slowly into the provision of clinical services, their design and delivery through specialised clinic formats will be a major consideration. Growing incrementally in need, primary health care is a traditional area for pharmacy that needs to build to a provider status. A study published in The Lancet, could help because it has…
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Walmart Is Rolling out a Primary Health Care “whole of store” Concept
It’s not just pharmacy expansion that US retail giant Walmart is changing the face of, but the entire scope of primary health care. This brings them into direct conflict with medical centres and given the massive resources and scale of operations, they are in a position to alter the primary health care market significantly and…
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Pharmacy Nemesis Roger Corbett – Back to the Future
Influential shareholders of Woolworths are seeking to invite Roger Corbett, the nemesis of Australian pharmacy, back into the fold as chairman. They say: “Woolworths needs a circuit breaker. Given the way Woolworths has lost direction and given the loss of shareholder value, there needs to be accountability – what’s needed is a circuit breaker to sort out the…
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PBS Co-Pays…Come out Swinging!
When something does not make sense and defies commonsense and logic- then it is political. The decision to enable pharmacists to discount the PBS co-pay by up to $1.00 is one such decision. The logic is that it will create more competition, but the reality is that it will cause erosion to the profit base…
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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…