disruption
NZ hit by near total e-script outage
95% of country’s pharmacies unable to dispense electronically after unplanned firewall disruption An external security update has brought down New Zealand’s e-Prescription Service (NZePS) service, with disruption to 95% of …
Chemist Warehouse launches Optometrist Warehouse
Limited openings in 2023 to be followed by “mass network rollout”, says company Chemist Warehouse is looking to disrupt the optometry business in the same way it has the retail …
Is Amazon’s healthcare business stumbling?
Online retail giant loses founders of its pharmacy operation only weeks after pulling plug on primary care business Amazon has lost the two founders of PillPack, the online pharmacy business …
Could Amazon provide better health spend value?
Amazon is likely to make “huge strides” in healthcare, says one data and analytics company GlobalData, a data and insight provider with an interest in healthcare, says that Amazon’s business …
Chemist Warehouse among Kiwi worries
More than 90% of New Zealand pharmacists are worried about disruption to the industry posed by new entrants and deregulation A recent survey by business advisory and accountancy firm BDO …
Why disruption and pharmacy are a perfect marriage
Pharmacists must marry disruption rather than contemplate our destruction by its unstoppable force, says Rob Sztar. It is widely discussed that pharmacy faces an uncertain future in the face of …
World news wrapup: 19 May 2016
Our weekly wrapup of pharmacy news from around the world New York, New York: The customer experience in pharmacy is “broken,” the co-creator of a new, digital only pharmacy has …
Pharmacists invited to help hack pain
Sydney has just had its first pharmacy hackathon, and now it’s set to see the world’s first hackathon for Chronic Pain, where organisers hope to develop a minimum viable prototype …