Forum: merchant fees disadvantaging small, independent retailers?
Are new advances in payment technology costing small retailers more? Our pharmacy recently changed banks for our merchant facility (eftpos machine). We have moved from a blended rate for visa …
Forum: Polypharmacy and deprescribing
All my working life as a pharmacist has been centred around improving patient outcomes with medication. Informally we have all been addressing the issues of polypharmacy and deprescribing for many …
Forum: PBS de-listing of solid dose oral iron
“A no-doubt ‘unintended’ consequence of this pathetic PBS penny-pinching that I came across today was a GP surgery that has taken to buying Ferro-f tabs to give to its pregnant CTG patients. As the …
Forum: Evidence based nutrition
If it were possible and I had my time over again, my dream pharmacy would be one where we are paid to counsel on lifestyle choices as per this link. …
Forum: Dr Google
Staff member took off to the rural GP with a spreading face rash. He called in a consultant skin specialist by the name of Doctor Google and prescribed Fucidin. So …
Forum: What do we want? eHealth! When do we want it? Now!
Anyone seriously interested in eHealth and perhaps interested in why effective eHealth seems so elusive, will benefit from this excellent summary discussion from the UK. https://nuffieldtrust.squarespace.com/digital-technology Lots in here that is …
Forum: Inhaler use: has technique improved over time?
As a primary care pharmacist and educator I have spent nearly all my working life educating patients about inhaler use. I was horrified to see that despite the best efforts of …
Forum: Pharmacists to aid GPs
According to a news item on the ABC the Health Minister has decided to trial pharmacists in GP surgeries. I can find this nowhere else. Where has it come from? Is …
Forum: HMR rejections
“I have just had 2 HMR’s rejected as the date I sent the report fell into the following month – ie I saw the patients on the 30th but did …
Forum: Inside Swisse and its vexed ABC sponsorship deal
“Amid serious concerns about its products’ efficacy, complementary medicine giant Swisse will do anything for credibility (Link)” So do any of us refuse to stock this range? Other current topics …
Forum: extra syllables
Approaching Old Fart-dom and having grown up with a grammatically exacting mother, one of my pet hates is all the extra syllables that creep into the language, such as importATION and …
Forum: safe dispensing of oral anticoagulant survey
I am part of an international network of pharmacists to improve anticoagulation management in patients receiving oral anticoagulation. Through a survey, we want to know how confident pharmacists around the …