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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 …
GSK explores the future of pharmacy with Virtual Reality
As consumers take greater charge of their healthcare decisions, opportunities arise for the pharmacists role to transform and grow Australian consumers are increasingly taking charge of their health and healthcare …
Future focus at Rural Pharmacy Forum
The Rural Pharmacy Forum at the Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference this year will focus on the future of rural pharmacy It will examine how the changing landscape of health and …
Forum: will pharmacists be replaced by computers?
“In a study pharmacists were a profession that had only a 1.2% chance to be replaced by machines in the next 20 years. ( follow the link and the table …
Healthy futures report lauds community pharmacy
A recently commissioned report funded by Amneal Pharmaceuticals, and conducted by McCrindle Research shows that community pharmacies are friendly, professional and an integral part of healthcare services APP Chairman Kos …
The lessons we can learn from students
Pharmacy needs to engage with, and learn from, its future health professionals, writes Angelo Pricolo It was a privilege to have the opportunity to address the National Australian Pharmacy Students …
Pharmacists set to get hacking
Australia’s pharmacy hack-a-thon is on again, giving pharmacists the chance to showcase their ingenuity In April 2015, Australia’s first pharmacy hack-a-thon, called PharmHack, was held in Sydney. Now the event …
NAPSA Congress inspires
The enthusiasm of pharmacy students attending the 2017 NAPSA Congress indicates the profession’s future will be in safe hands, says the association’s president President of the National Australian Pharmacy Students’ …
Future hay fever seasons will be worse thanks to climate change
Future hay fever seasons will be worse thanks to climate change Janet Davies, The University of Queensland and Paul Beggs, Macquarie University It’s now late spring, with summer just around …
PM backs pharmacist ownership, innovation
The Government and Guild are working together on new ways to capitalise on pharmacy’s “genuine potential,” Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said last night. Speaking at the Pharmacy Guild’s Parliamentary Dinner, …
Pharmacy workforce must adapt, transform
SHPA’s workforce strategy has recognised that the pharmacy workforce must adapt and transform, says its CEO, Kristin Michaels. Michaels gave the opening speech to over 900 delegates at the Medicines …
Credentialling: let’s create high standards
Advanced Practice Pharmacist credentialing is key to the future of the profession, writes Shefali Parekh Credentialing of Advanced Practice Pharmacists has been the talk of the town since the Australian …