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Print your own medicine – a $9 million 3D printing research and development hub opens in Melbourne
If I was back in my early 40’s, and including the energy levels I had back then, I would certainly not be wasting my time about the latest political “spin doctoring” from pharmacy organisations or government. It is so much a waste of time. I would be looking to harness the latest in scientific research and…
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Electronic Shelf Labelling – a Nucleus for your own Local Area Marketing System
Developing technology for retail shelf pricing is being presented in an e-paper format. Originally, this type of labelling was invented using LCD displays, but it was fuzzy and indistinct, with an inability to handle graphics, logos etc.A new version known as ESL (electronic shelf label) uses a combination of e-paper and e-ink. This new system…
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Patient Engagement is Patient Management and Customer Conversion
How often do you openly engage with a patient, particularly when you have a busy dispensing schedule under way and the order in your day is rapidly becoming “disorder”. Eyes averted, you bend your head to avoid eye contact, because that would extend patient engagement, and with that, your day suddenly just deteriorated a shade…
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E-Commerce Giant May Interest Pharmacy Inventors
Health and wellness, apart from providing opportunity in product retailing and the sale of health services, is also a rich source for research projects involving new inventions that represent a vast range of opportunities. Many pharmacists have an inventive component in their make-up and many useful products and services have been invented and designed to…
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Digitally enabled care is fundamental to quality care
Clinicians are more open to utilizing burgeoning healthcare technology as part of their practice, and patients are more receptive to interacting with that technology, according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute report released last month titled “Healthcare delivery of the future: How digital technology can bridge the gap of time and distance between clinicians…
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It’s Not Just Sony Pictures Facing Security Issues – It’s Pharmacy!
Editor’s Note: Steve Jenkin has an interest in cybersecurity and is the “go to” person for i2P in these matters. The recent hacking of Sony in the US when it was about to release a movie based on the North Korean dictator (and the hackers also thought to be the North Korean government) illustrated vividly…
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Mobile is Eating the World
Some of the figures for mobile phone use are staggering. The take home message is that you cannot avoid engaging mobile phones with your business/practice, or face a disruption that may prove almost impossible to reverse. Given that pharmacists were once avid users of technology and were some of the first to embrace the Internet,…
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Suddenly DNA Analysis Just Got Cheaper
DNA analysis is something you would usually associate with a laboratory and a lot of complicated and expensive machinery. This could all be about to change when the miniPCR DNA Discovery System, a small DNA analysis kit generating funds on Kickstarter, is launched early next year. And improving workspace efficiency often hinges on finding reliable…
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Important Breakthrough in Clinical Room Design
Research has shown that clinical services can be inhibited in pharmacy in the introductory phase of development if the elements of good marketing and management are missing. Marketing is a “communicator” element and the technique of telling a story that communicates the new culture of pharmacy is extremely important. Services are like products and have…
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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…