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Increase Your Employability – Build a Personal Brand Through IT & Social Media
Increasingly, it is becoming more difficult for pharmacies to employ a range of pharmacists. It is simply because of the diminishing money supply in the system. This comes about because of the commoditisation of the PBS and the lack of courage by all pharmacy leaders to develop systems and services that are not government funded…
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Marketing Focus – Essays on Management & Marketing
1. SCENARIO PLANNING ANALYSIS Mining resources are finite, ideas and innovation and infinite. In that one sentence is an overview of the reality and the opportunities of, and for, Australia. Critical analysis of scenario planning details reveal some substantive and important elements. Many of the aspects also relate, and are pertinent to individuals, sectors and…
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‘No Jab No Pay’ Public Hearing, Australia (2nd November 2015)
There have been thousands of submissions regarding the ‘No Jab No Pay’ legislation sent to the Senate Committee Inquiry yet only 400 were published on the government website prior to the Public Hearing (2nd November 2015). The Senate Committee will report on the Public Hearing 9 November 2015 and there has been no debate on mandatory vaccination in the Australian…
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Senior US Ex-Vaccination Researcher Interviewed
Editor’s Note: The following interview was conducted by Jon Rappoport with a senior US scientist and ex- vaccine researcher. As an investigative reporter, Jon Rappoport’s credentials are exceptionally high. He also publishes his own blog titled nomorefakenews and you can view it by clicking on the link. The vaccine researcher’s name has been suppressed for the…
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Leadership, Future Direction, Public Health and Triage Services
Most pharmacists recognise the need to expand their focus from dispensing to something wider. Community pharmacy is the most visible “face” of pharmacy, but its leadership struggles to keep its members focused on creative pathways that utilise the natural advantages of a community pharmacy – convenient location, health professional availability and access, a “core” duality…
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Create Infinite Growth Through Appropriate Brand Building
Recently, I came across a paper published on the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) website and it was titled “Eight Lessons to Secure Infinite Growth”. It was a paper that involved simple processes to create strong brand images. As I read into the detail I found that if I changed some of the nomenclature it was…
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Newcastle Conference will Feature Solutions for Pharmacy
Editor’s Note: Crunch time is coming up fast with Location Rules now firmly being investigated as to relevancy. i2P predicted this event in the year 2000, but we were three years out. We expected it to happen in 2012. We also said that when pharmacists were worn down with a massive workload and a minimal…
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Hay fever options
An interesting article written by a number of academics promises to give some relief to the 15% of Australians who experience hay fever, or allergic rhinitis. Predictably, they list oral and nasal decongestants, antihistamines, nasal steroid sprays and immunotherapy as the best medical options. I was therefore surprised to note the absence of isotonic saline…
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Age is only a number
October is one of my favorite months, perhaps because that’s when I get to blow out my birthday candles and celebrate another successful year. Who doesn’t love birthdays? My age is irrelevant; in fact, I subscribe to the iconic comedian Jack Benny’s philosophy. He turned 39 in 1933, and remained that age until his death…
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Crazy, cruel cancer ‘cures’
Some cancer patients, ignoring medical advice, are choosing ‘natural’ approaches to their disease. Steve Jobs (co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc), Penelope Dingle, Sharyn and her daughter, Jess Ainscough, all used alternative interventions before dying of cancer. Despite phenomenal progress with medical treatments, cancer quackery remains a flourishing and lucrative business throughout the developed…