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How to thrive and not choke in pressure situations
Last spring I was playing a great game of golf. I stood on the 18th tee, and with a birdie on the par 5 final hole, I would shoot an even par 72. I pulled out my driver one last time. Having hit 13 good drives in a row, I was super excited about telling…
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What Does Domino Pizza and Pharmacy-in-the-Home Service hold in Common?
One of the realities of an ageing population is that pharmacies will need to have a presence in a patient’s home as elderly people begin to lose their mobility and become more fragile. As lifespans increase, the number of family members able to provide support also diminishes (as they die off themselves or become equally…
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Bio-Wearables – “Tech Tats” with a Difference
A new group of technologists has taken up the challenge of “bio-hacking” – a range of systems for unlocking, measuring and transmitting various body biometrics. This group stands for citizen ownership of the new technology and is developing products that while being functional, may also be a fashion item. Above all, they will be affordable.…
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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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Walk-In Clinics for UK Pharmacies
UK community pharmacies are considering the adoption of a US style “walk-in” clinic that involves collaboration with clinical nurse practitioners, to ease the burden on an overstretched NHS service. Walk-in centres were more likely to be used by those aged 16-45, with women slightly more likely to attend according to a recent Monitor review. Since…
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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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The Opportunity for Pharmacist Provided Triage Services
Triage, is a word derived from the French verb trier, which means to separate, sift or select. It is really a management process and management consultants constantly use the system to make management systems more efficient. It can can be applied to any workflow component of a pharmacy, and so the word has slightly different meanings depending on…
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The Key Word is Strategy – and it Will Stimulate Clinical Service Design
With the pressure continuing to mount to design a range of clinical services for pharmacists, i2P advises that you need to design each type of service using a basic architecture and strategy. This will unify your approach and make it easier to communicate your concept to other health professionals and potential patients. This approach for…
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Choice gives us the tick of approval
I guess we have arrived at last! Our professional expertise has been approved by Choice magazine – a publication which has been fairly critical of us over the years. Even made the front page of some pharmacy newsletters. But hold on………the tick of approval has nothing to do with our professional expertise, our role in…
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Novel mHealth app detects depression
Passive app requires ‘no effort on the part of the user’ Feeling down? Your smartphone will most likely know before you or your doctors do, after a recent study showed promise for an mHealth app that detects depression and monitors at-risk populations. Researchers at Northwestern University’s department of preventive medicine have developed a novel mobile…