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Tips to manage your cashflow
Having a good understanding of your pharmacy’s cashflow is vital, especially with the recent 60 days dispensing changes, says Patricia Aditopo Patricia Aditopo is Accountant Manager of Peak Strategies, pharmacy …
The search for security
The continuing digitisation of most aspects of pharmacy is leading to exponential growth in the risk of cyber attacks and data breaches. What can pharmacies do? Chris Brooker investigates While …
5 top tips for buying into a pharmacy partnership
Partnership is a fantastic option for anyone looking to get into pharmacy ownership, writes Natalie Sirianni…particularly given the amount of equity required to purchase a pharmacy outright in the current …
Aged care medications: who pays?
There is a 60 day dispensing reality disconnect in residential aged care, says Gerard Stevens Politics might be the contest of ideas, but sometimes trenchant positions lead to tunnel vision …
Product, space, place
Responding to 60-day dispensing comes down to doing the basics well and having the foundation systems and efficient processes in place, says Marta Stybowski In my opinion, how we respond …
Email mastery for pharmacies
Is your pharmacy making the most of its email marketing? Sarah Rendell gives some tips on how to make it work for you I had a light bulb moment recently! …
Finding your ‘banana skin’
You need to identify your potential business ‘banana skin’ if you don’t want to fail in the 60-day dispensing era In 1907, Anna H Sturla was in New York boarding …
Your 5 pharmacy moments of truth
Glenn Guilfoyle outlines 5 critical customer ‘moments of truth’ by which you will be continually judged, but which could become your ‘wow’ factors With everything that is changing in the …
Getting the most out of a fit out
How does a pharmacy fit out fit into your tax? John Thornett explains Fit outs can be quite the experience! They may not come cheap, and they demand a lot …
Pharmacy Whac-A-Mole
60-day dispensing promises to present pharmacies with multiple issues. They will need a comprehensive plan to confront them Kazuo Yamada hunched over his desk as he concentrated hard on his …
Avoiding a common mistake
As we begin a new financial year, it’s time to correct a mistake made by many pharmacies, says Sarah Rendell of Peak Strategies I am fully aware that the pharmacy …
The pharmacy dilemma
Finding the balance between healthcare and business management remains a problem for pharmacy “Not all community pharmacists will be managers or want to be, creating a barrier to educating pharmacists …