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Marketing Focus: Execute or be Executed
Times are tough. It’s enough to contemplate giving up… or simply to cut back. However, before doing so consider for a moment the following philosophy: “A man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops a clock to save time.” Now is not the time to be driven to save money…
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“Ask Your Pharmacist” – the New and Not so New PGA Initiative
The landscape of pharmacy, until very recent times, has lacked affirmation and direction. The latest television advertisement developed by the PGA exhorts the general public to “ask more” about what their pharmacy provides, and then has the walls of the pharmacy open out in the form of a cross, each arm of the cross suggesting…
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Vein Viewing Technology Use is an Australian First
Editor’s Note: The following information comes from the Australian Red Cross, who are trialling a device that utilises near infrared light to track blood vessels to improve the blood donation experience. Near infrared light is starting to appear in a range of medical technologies that can provide cheap and accurate metrics for patients for a…
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ASMI Media Releases 1. ASMI Conference – Self Care 2. ASMI Conference-Transforming Pharmacy
ASMI 2014 Conference: Self care emerging as central to sustainable health policy 28 October 2014 – Interest in self care is growing worldwide particularly in developed economies such as the UK, Australia and the US. In the UK, momentum has been slowly building since 2000 when the National Health Service Blueprint (NHS Plan) was announced…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. UTS Survey 2. PGA Campaign 3. Vaccination Course 4. Innovative Pharmacist Award 5. Immunisation Pilot Award
November 2, 2014 UTS survey shows support for greater focus on pharmacist professional services The pharmacy profession remains pessimistic about its future, but sees opportunities for a greater focus on professional services in the next Community Pharmacy Agreement, according to the latest UTS Pharmacy Barometer. The barometer, on which a score of 100 represents…
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Patient – Centred Patient Homes
We are reading a lot about aspirations in terms of attitudes to treatment of patients in transformational health spaces. A culture change drives this thinking because we are aware that health costs as an integrated whole are far too high and that patients do not feel they are in control of their health in any…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Vaccination National Accreditation 2. Innovative Pharmacist of the Year 3 . National Award for Immunisation Pilot
October 24, 2014 PSA vaccination training course granted national accreditation PSA has gained national accreditation with the Australian Skills Quality Authority for the PSA vaccination training used in the highly successful Queensland Pharmacist Immunisation Pilot (QPIP). The course – APPIMM806A Manage the delivery and administration of injections and immunisations – also forms part of the exclusive PSA Graduate Diploma of Applied…
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The Battle Clinical Pharmacists Have to Win
I was pleased to see an opinion article by Jeff Shaw, recently published in Pharmacy News. Basically, he was outlining how the pharmacy landscape had changed since 1996 where his pharmacy students at that time thought the class titled “Clinical Pharmacy” was one more designed for hospital pharmacists. He said: “Fifteen years on the whole…
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A successful person is an average person, focused
I love golf – both playing and watching the pros – so you can imagine my delight when my wife Carol Ann surprised me for my birthday with a trip to watch the Ryder Cup in Glasgow, Scotland, in late September. What a memorable experience, one that’s been on my bucket list for a long…
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CHF – New Friend of Pharmacy?
The Consumers Health Forum (CHF), not always known for a friendly approach with pharmacy, seems to be moderating its view in recent media releases. Currently, it is calling for the role of a pharmacist in primary health care to be debated. In a recent media release it states: “The Consumers Health Forum says the AMA‟s…