The Internet of Things: a game for morons and control freaks
A vast cotton candy dream comes to life. O hail the glorious future! Your home will be automatic. It will run by itself. Push a […]
Information Technology
Marketing Focus – 1. CORRECTION 2. CHANNELLED MESSAGING 3. MONEY-BACK IS NO GUARANTEE 4. IF ONLY I KNEW … TO NEVER SAY NO TO NEW 5. THE DEATH OF SHOPPING CENTRES
1. CORRECTION. It is a defining term. The two major corrections in share markets around the world in the first 9 days of February were […]
Blockchain – a trust system that could underwrite health information exchanges and integrate with other trust systems.
Blockchain is a relatively new technology system that can be customised to transact trusted actions, not being under a centralised control involving governments or banks. […]
Prime Air – The Amazon Solution for Internet-ordered products is not quite ready for take-off
Amazon has invested time and money to speed up its shipping services. It has algorithms that anticipate a client order, ultra-efficient robots that pick items from warehouses, […]
Pharmacy Disruptors – Amazon, Artificial Intelligence & Holographic Health Practitioners
Disruption, as we all know, is an inevitability that is to be feared. If that fear can be used to motivate a chain reaction of […]
Blockchain – disruptive technology behind “cryptocurrencies” and now set to invade health.
A blockchain is defined as a distributed database that can maintain an ever-expanding list of records (called “blocks”) without the need for a trusted administrator […]
Setting up an Open Innovation Program
Let’s face it – community pharmacy is in a knowledge transfer bind. It can no longer function under its own self reliance. It is bogged […]
Robots + AI = Rx Replacement?
In an earlier article (Avatars May Take Over Patient Communications – Where to from there?, I discussed the possibility of pharmacists being able to be […]
Developing a Single Patient View
From the last business cycle to the current version, pharmacists and community pharmacies have undergone some profound experiences and rapid change. The transition to now […]
Value Over Profit ?
When pharmacy comes under financial pressure it always looks for a “quick fix” and it usually takes the form of concentrating resources and focus into […]