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OMNS – How to Bash Vitamins with a Meta-Analysis
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service Reference: Confidential Memorandum from the World Headquarters of Pharmaceutical Politicians, Educators and Reporters (WHOPPER) Satire by Andrew W. Saul, Editor TOP SECRET: Do Not Let This Get on the Internet! No Leaks! Distinguished members, our decades of disparaging nutritional therapy have paid off at last. The public, and their healthcare providers, are…
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The secret behind the secret – Media won’t investigate medically-caused death numbers
Imagine a Congressional hearing held before media cameras, with reporters all over the US and Europe ready with shocking articles about one of the leading causes of death— SENATOR: Sir, I have the numbers in front of me. How can you keep this secret from the public? FDA COMMISSIONER: It’s not a secret, sir. Many…
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Marketing Focus – 1. IT’S TIME – TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT SERVICE 2.CONNECTED, NOT ENGAGED – COULD BE OUTRAGED 3. ELASTICITY-PRICES: DEMAND OR LOYALTY? 4. CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS UNSHACKLED
1. IT’S TIME….TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT SERVICE Key takeouts from the proceedings and revelations of the Australian finance sector Royal Commission are that the conduct of, “Customer First,” and similar service initiatives is superficial, lacks delegated authority for front-line providers to deliver the promises, and is not reflective of a true, underlying corporate culture of…
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The Medical Profession Leadership – Is Their Pharmacy Rant a cry for a Direction?
The medical profession has always promoted itself as being the leading health modality with all other health formats and modalities being inferior. It has reinforced that vision through the lens of adopting power politics as its primary marketing strategy. This meant that instead of being respectful and gaining the collaborative support of all other health…
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Is Health a Team Game Anymore?
Interesting statement from the outgoing AMA president where he says that “if we go farming off little elements of health care to pharmacy and other health professionals, we lose out”. I interpret that as simply “we doctors make less money” but in my view, the patient benefits wonderfully in most instances. The recent exchanges on…
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The Safe Vaccination Debate – 1. Jon Rappoport: The big vaccine-autism lie 2. Robert Kennedy’s World Mercury Project:The Varicella Vaccine, Skyrocketing Shingles and CDC Chicanery 3. Dr Judy Wilyman: Newsletter # 198 The Censorship of the Vaccination Debate in Australia
1. Jon Rappoport: The big vaccine-autism lie “How is a self-contained world built? Well, you can take a major situation which has an obvious cause, and then relabel the situation with a new name and say the cause is unknown. Then you can claim you’re looking for the cause, and you can keep looking and…
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Marketing Focus – Let’s Get Physical
Ah, the ebbs and flow of commerce. In recent times there has been a noticeable migration from dedicated on-line business channels to the acquisition, commencement and implementation of traditional bricks and mortar premises. At the forefront is Amazon, with its acquisition of the retail network Whole Foods, and its 450 + outlets in some 43…
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Make The Call To Improve Phone Skills
The world is getting smaller every day. Thanks to advances in technology, we can be connected to points around the globe in seconds through our computer or telephone. We can even be on the other side of the world almost in person in a matter of seconds. Businesses can easily reach people and places that…
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Professional Discretion Restored – Much More than Homeopathic Product Sales
The Australian Government has made a commonsense decision to allow pharmacists to continue the sale of homeopathic products for those patients who find they derive benefit from their use. The actual extract from the government response to the homeopathy issue in the final King Review Report states: “Recommendation 4-4: Sale of Homeopathic Products in PBS…
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We are Judged Within Seven Seconds of Meeting Somebody
We are head down, tail up, working our way through a pile of prescriptions across the day, striving to use the skills that we are famous and respected for. Some of the people waiting for scripts will be people we already know. Others will be brand new patients, who we are engaging with for the…