How pharmacists can help solve medication errors
B. Joseph Guglielmo, University of California, San Francisco In today’s health care system, no one person – maybe not even you – knows exactly what drugs you’re taking. What’s more, …
How clean is your desk? The unwelcome reality of office hygiene
Michael Loughlin, Nottingham Trent University If you work in an office, the chances are there are some colleagues you would rather sit next to than others. But we’re not just …
Top 10 tips for pharmacy bookkeeping
Keeping track of your pharmacy’s finances is vital for its success, writes John Thornett Pharmacy owners quickly realise, one of the keys to success in business is well documented and …
Freezing out the folks: default My Health Record settings don’t protect teens’ privacy
Melissa Kang, University of Technology Sydney and Lena Sanci, University of Melbourne As the opt-out period for the My Health Record continues, so too does the debate surrounding issues of …
Off the grid
Community pharmacy owner Peter Feros looks at how skyrocketing electricity prices are hitting pharmacies, and their patients The Australian Competition and Consumers Commission’s electricity affordability report reveals the huge cost …
Natural cold and flu remedies: not to be sniffed at!
Can herbal ingredients and formulas really help to shorten a cold? asks Carl Gibson Herbal cough, cold and flu products have often been developed with natural, scientific and traditionally-backed ingredients …
Research Check: do neckties reduce blood supply to the brain?
Steve Kassem, Neuroscience Research Australia News reports about a study from Germany may provide the ultimate excuse for men to dress more casually for work, finding neckties reduce blood supply …
The future of education
Recent Life Long Learning in Pharmacy conference looks at how we are shaping tomorrow’s pharmacists “Where to from here for pharmacy education” was a clear theme throughout the successful 12th …
New Year’s resolutions
Here are some tips to consider for yourselves and your businesses as the new financial year kicks off Peak Strategies senior chartered accountant Victoria Le gives some top tips to …
Analysing the growing ‘anti-vax’ movement
Why vaccine opponents think they know more than medical experts Matthew Motta, University of Pennsylvania; Steven Sylvester, Utah Valley University, and Timothy Callaghan, Texas A&M University One of the most …
20 tips from 20 years
Last week marked the 20th anniversary of the purchase of our first pharmacy, writes Cathie Reid To mark the occasion, I wanted to share the top 20 tips and lessons …
A concerning report
The recent methotrexate inquest indicates a real need for universities to provide assertiveness training during pharmacy courses, writes Jeff Lerner AJP’s report, “A ‘needless and entirely preventable’ death: Coroner” is …