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The Concept of a Precinct Pharmacy – a Different Form of Collaboration
We are all aware of the changing dynamics with our own profession of Pharmacy and the fact that it is a global phenomenon, even where different health funding models exist. We have seen the rapid growth of Retail Clinics in the US after a decade of evolution. The now accepted model is showing a high…
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Use GPS System to Chart to Course
It’s getting easier and easier to navigate the highways and byways through the magic of GPS – Global Positioning System. The service is in your car, your phone, your tablet, your watch. You are running out of excuses for not getting to where you want to go. Wouldn’t it be great if such a tool…
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Everything (almost) is negotiable
Within the past few years, some of the best-known names in American industry have disappeared down the gaping maws of other companies. Other seemingly unassailable fortresses have been disassembled, and the parts sold off separately. Nothing unusual about that. If huge enterprises, some so valuable their assets exceed those of many of the world’s nations,…
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Marketing Focus – 1. All things are relative 2. Don’t get ahead of yourself 3. Differing costs of production reproduction
All things are relative. However, as a measuring template this contention has limited value or meaning for many businesses and consumers, particularly in the prevailing marketplace The point was highlighted to me during, and as a consequence of two recent series of radio and television interviews in which I participated – on two topics, being:…
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Patients First – A Unique Recruitment Process Underpinning Clinical Services Development
i2P has published many articles over time relating to clinical services and the strategy for recruiting patients. The basic concept has been first to recognise that pharmacists, in their consumer mix attract both customers and patients, and that the primary strategy to sustain core business is building a customer base plus having a marketing process…
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Five Reasons Why a Business Fails To Work as a Team
I have just read a great book written by Patrick Lencioni which provides an insight as to why teams fail to achieve great things. The book, ‘The Five Dysfunctions of a Team” has been based around an online assessment in which nearly 15000 participants undertook. The outcome of the assessment was that 68% of teams…
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Strengthening the “Core” of Pharmacy
UK pharmacists have a similar media nemesis to Australian pharmacists in the form of the Daily Telegraph. That newspaper is not, however, owned or controlled by the Murdoch group. The UK Pharmaceutical Journal reports that: “The front page of The Daily Telegraph on 10 August 2015 read ‘Boots, Tesco and Superdrug to get access to NHS medical…
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Create Your Own Brand Challenge – or Spring Clean the one you already have
Starting with a blank sheet of paper gives you a sense of having a fresh and clean starting point, but no sense of who you are, what you do or where you are going. That requires a bit of thinking, planning, decluttering and logical projection. It’s the same process whether you are designing a brand…
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Global Supermarkets Will Affect Australian Pharmacies
Australian supermarkets are set to share the market with a new global entrant -the German-based Lidl supermarket, which is a discount entrant sharing similar styles and philosophies as Aldi – the other German supermarket which has established itself with a very successful market share already in Australia. When you view a Lidl store it’s hard…
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Pharmacy Paradigm Shift is Occurring – Vision Still Needed
Australia needs a new vision for care models and funding to ensure healthcare remains sustainable and accessible into the future, according to a report published by the George Institute recently, following consultation with various health organisations. “The report recognises the growing burden of chronic disease as a driver in increasing health costs. Evidence of this…