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ASMI Media Releases 1. ASMI Conference – Self Care 2. ASMI Conference-Transforming Pharmacy
ASMI 2014 Conference: Self care emerging as central to sustainable health policy 28 October 2014 – Interest in self care is growing worldwide particularly in developed economies such as the UK, Australia and the US. In the UK, momentum has been slowly building since 2000 when the National Health Service Blueprint (NHS Plan) was announced…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. UTS Survey 2. PGA Campaign 3. Vaccination Course 4. Innovative Pharmacist Award 5. Immunisation Pilot Award
November 2, 2014 UTS survey shows support for greater focus on pharmacist professional services The pharmacy profession remains pessimistic about its future, but sees opportunities for a greater focus on professional services in the next Community Pharmacy Agreement, according to the latest UTS Pharmacy Barometer. The barometer, on which a score of 100 represents…
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Transformational Change in Healthcare and Education
Transformational is the “buzz” word given to that segment of change required to eliminate medical errors and prevent iatrogenic disease from occurring. In September 2013, the Journal of Patient Safety reported that an estimated 400,000 patients die each year in the US due to preventable medical errors. If that number of people were to die…
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Patient – Centred Patient Homes
We are reading a lot about aspirations in terms of attitudes to treatment of patients in transformational health spaces. A culture change drives this thinking because we are aware that health costs as an integrated whole are far too high and that patients do not feel they are in control of their health in any…
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NPS Media Releases – 1. Asthma Control 2. Fatigue
NEW PHARMACY PRACTICE REVIEW NOW AVAILABLE: ADDRESSING ELEMENTS FOR GOOD ASTHMA CONTROL A new NPS MedicineWise educational activity has been launched specifically for pharmacists to help people achieve better asthma control. Around 50% of people with asthma live with poor control of their condition and consider this to be normal. NPS MedicineWise clinical adviser Dr…
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SHPA Media Releases -1. Kirstie Galbraith & 2. Lloyd Sansom
1. SHPA Medal of Merit awarded for leadership in pharmacy education SHPA President Professor Michael Dooley presented the SHPA Medal of Merit to Kirstie Galbraith during the opening plenary session of Medicines Management 2014, the 40th SHPA National Conference, being held in Darwin this weekend. The SHPA Medal of Merit is awarded by SHPA’s Federal Council…
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Can Vitamin C Cure Ebola?
Article provided by the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service http://orthomolecular.org/subscribe.html archive link http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/index.shtml Commentary by Steve Hickey PhD, Hilary Roberts PhD, and Damien Downing MBBS, MSB (OMNS Aug 20, 2014) If there were a drug that worked on Ebola you should use it. There isn’t. There is only vitamin C. But you must be extremely careful…
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Philanthropy and Tex- Mex – an amazing story at PAC14
Medical practitioner, philanthropist and successful businessman Dr Sam Prince will be a highlight of PAC14 in Canberra when he details his amazing life and career, and the work he is doing on partnering and practising in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Dr Prince is a renowned motivational speaker and will detail how he came…
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Sydney Addiction Seminar: Wednesday 20 August, 2014
“PTSD and addiction: management including dialectical behaviour therapy. With a focus on trauma in women.” Dr Danielle Florida and Dr Kathy Watson. The large majority of people with substance use disorders have been previously exposed to trauma, and up to third have current post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This is especially prevalent in women with…