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Pharmacy startup robust template for the future
Startups like the Capsule pharmacy concept are not going away – and so pharmacists need to be ready to embrace change. Sabrine Elkhodr, a community pharmacist and director of digital …
Crowdfunded robot pharmacist of the future?
Billed as a “healthcare companion”, a crowdfunded intelligent home robot called Pillo may be the robot pharmacist of the future. An Indiegogo campaign by a group of health, robotics, AI …
Four trends shaping the pharmacy of 2025
Guild executive director David Quilty has asked pharmacists to cast their minds forward to 2025 and consider how community pharmacies could look. Highlighting four “clear trends” that are driving the …
Innovation through change is a must: O’Loghlin
The community pharmacy industry is in a rapid state of change. According to the NSW Guild, its upcoming Pharmacy Connect conference has been developed to not only highlight how the …
Megatrends in health care as economy shifts
Disruption from sources like automation, digital interconnectivity and the peer economy are set to shake up the health sector as they are other sectors, says Dr Stefan Hajkowicz, Senior Principal …
This week’s best reader comments
AJP takes a look back at this week’s best reader comments Our interview with Saxby Pharmacy’s and Friends of Science in Medicine’s Ian Carr, “Naturopathy: if it wasn’t so serious …
Automation inevitable, so adapt
The pharmacy profession could well fall victim to technology if it does not reinvent itself, says the founder of PharmHack. Pharmacist Sabrine Elkhodr, who has written for AJP on the …
Could a robot take your job?
Could pharmacists be made obsolete by apps and robots? Stakeholders in the US seem to think pharmacists’ traditional role could be automated – and that robots could do a better …
Pharmacy sector to enter a ‘terror zone’
Pharmacy is headed for a “terror zone” in its lifetime business cycle, according to IbisWorld. IbisWorld examined the life cycle behaviour of various industries, broken into 509 classes, shining the …
‘11 prototypes that each have the potential to completely disrupt the pharmacy industry.’
The world’s first pharmacy hackathon saw more than 100 participants and observers scramble to form ideas, create teams and then put together working prototypes of pharmacy-related innovations, all within 36 …
Euro/US style supermarket pharmacies inevitable, says expert
European or US-style supermarket pharmacies are inevitable in Australia, says a retailing expert – but customers aren’t necessarily attracted to supermarkets for their health needs. Dr Gary Mortimer, senior lecturer …
Pharmacy 3.0: are we ready for disruption?
Like other industries, pharmacy is set to be disrupted: but are pharmacists ready to adapt? writes Sabrine Elkhodr Mindlessly browsing through my Facebook feed recently, I came across an image …
