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We have a winner!
Winner of AJP’s business card competition revealed Carlie Streeter of Horsham Amcal Pharmacy is the lucky winner of AJP’s APP2017 Business Card competition. Carlie wins a Nighthawk M1 mobile router …
A new national player
WA-based banner group Pharmacy 777 has announced its intention to go nationwide with a new network model focused on patients and culture Pharmacy 777 has announced that it is launching …
Guild releases latest iteration of ScriptMAP
Pharmacy owners can now access customised analyses of changes to the PBS predicted to 2020, based on their pharmacy’s own dispensing data for 12 months The Pharmacy Guild of Australia …
Sickie app takes out top prize
An app which makes it easier for sick consumers to get an absence from work certificate was named the winner in this year’s PharmHack More than 50 participants and observers …
Getting social
We share some digital marketing and social media tips from the experts at #APP2017 Several presenters at APP provided some super valuable tips on how pharmacies can manage their online …
Why do parents reject childhood vaccination?
Australians’ attitudes to vaccination are more complex than a simple ‘pro’ or ‘anti’ label Julie Leask, Associate Professor, University of Sydney; Margie Danchin, Senior Research Fellow and General Paediatrician, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute; Nina …
What you said
A selection of the comments from AJP readers on the key stories from APP2017 We’ve received a slew of comments from readers in response to the news from APP2017. A …
Twitter roundup: APP2017
Can you say it in 140 characters or less? We wrap up the top tweets for #APP2017 ‘I cannot give you the healthcare you deserve for no cost’ @EliseApolloni on …
Do banner groups have too much power?
The question of whether banner groups have too much power over owner pharmacists was raised in a panel session at APP A recent Channel Nine news story claimed that pharmacists …
Pharmacy’s leading women connect
A group of leading pharmacy women caught up at APP to connect and share ideas Samantha Kourtis from former Pharmacy of the Year Charnwood Capital Chemist, and Karen Brown, whose …
Love and challenges in rural pharmacy
Rural pharmacists’ love of their work – and the frustrations associated with it – came to the fore at the Rural Pharmacy Forum at APP The $1 copayment discount and …
Monash tops Asia-Pacific for pharmacy subject
New university rankings have placed Monash University second in the world and first in Australia and the Asia-Pacific for pharmacy and pharmacology The 2017 edition of the QS World University …