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Price Waterhouse Cooper Sees 2015 as Good for Pharmacy
Editor’s Note: There are not too many upbeat positives for pharmacy these days anywhere in our global village community. But it’s happening and the trend is following here in Australia with momentum building. It’s the cost that is the main driver, and while US costs far exceed Australian costs, it’s now reaching a level where…
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ASMI – CM Information
Consumers advised to discuss complementary medicine use with health Professionals 3 December 2014 – The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) reaffirmed the importance of consumers discussing their use of complementary medicines with their health professionals. This was in response to new research from Melbourne’s Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, regarding interactions between some complementary medicines and…
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Workplace Changes Needed to Upgrade Employee Health
Five or more hours of sedentary sitting, according to researchers, is the health equivalent of smoking a pack and a quarter of cigarettes. Yet sitting around is something we get plenty of practice at. Reading and writing and creating on a computer makes for big chunks of sedentary time. If you’re reading this post right now,…
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Warren Bennis Led The Way
Warren Bennis was synonymous with leadership. Unfortunately, we lost Warren earlier this month but his leadership lessons and principles will live on for years. He wrote more than 30 books on leadership, including his landmark work, “On Becoming a Leader.” He advised U.S. Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Ford and Reagan. I got to know him during…
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Dispensing Errors and the Mental Workload of Pharmacists – What is on Your Mind?
Last month I wrote about the damaging impact of dispensing errors. Since then I have read about some interesting research which is being undertaken at Bath University in the United Kingdom. The research aims to look at the link between the mental workload of pharmacists and dispensing errors. The research is based on the premise…