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NPS Media Releases – UTI’s, Antibiotic Awareness, Antibiotic Campaign
20 November 2014 NPS MEDICINEWISE REDUCING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE PROGRAM: URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS—EXPLORING ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT The next phase of the NPS MedicineWise Reducing Antibiotic Resistance program for health professionals has launched today focused on the complex topic of managing urinary tract infections (UTIs). An interactive case study and the latest issue of Medicinewise News—which contains an…
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Please Help the Worried Well
I’m not sure what’s happening, and it may be a result of the issues around blood tests for everything including underwear size, but I’m seeing lots of blokes especially who, having had a blood test which shows a slightly elevated something or other, are scared stiff about the ramifications. Fasting glucose levels that has slightly…
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Consumer Health Opportunities
People who are committed to healthful eating and lifestyles are well-informed about ingredients and food labels, and hard to sway with label claims. Yet they don’t fully appreciate the health benefits of frozen fruit and vegetables. Those are a few insights from a new report from Dunnhumby that analyzes the value and behaviors of “health-committed”…
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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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Is it ‘Wellness’ or ‘ Wellne$$’?
I was introduced to the concepts of ‘well-being’, and ‘wellness’ after my cancer was diagnosed 10 years ago. Have these terms, intended to guide patients back to good health, been high-jacked by the Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) industry to exploit us? A definition of ‘well-being’ is “the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy“.…
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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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ASMI Media Release – Complementary Medicines Improve Health
New Research: Complementary medicines can improve consumer health and reduce costs 15 October 2014. Specific complementary medicines can contribute to improved health and reduced consumer healthcare costs, according to a new study by economic research firm Frost and Sullivan. The study, ‘Targeted Use of Complementary Medicines: Potential Health Outcomes and Cost Savings in Australia,’ which…
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PSA Media Releases – 10 Important Messages For This Week
October 12, 2014 PSA welcomes Dutton call at PAC14 to better utilise skills and expertise of pharmacists Calls by the Minister for Health, Peter Dutton, for the health professionals to work together to improve patient outcomes have been echoed in a discussion paper released by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia at the weekend. In a…
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Consumer Perspective in Service Design Innovation
Take the patient’s perspective when designing a new service model. Or, using the current “buzz” phrase, you need to become “patient-centred”. Some of the best innovations are brilliant in their after-the-fact simplicity. Take the US-based Minute Clinic. We all know “an ounce of prevention…” yet most of us still don’t go to the doctor for…
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CHF – New Friend of Pharmacy?
The Consumers Health Forum (CHF), not always known for a friendly approach with pharmacy, seems to be moderating its view in recent media releases. Currently, it is calling for the role of a pharmacist in primary health care to be debated. In a recent media release it states: “The Consumers Health Forum says the AMA‟s…