professional services
Take the fight to Amazon now
Australian pharmacy is under-prepared for Amazon’s entry into the market – and pharmacists won’t likely react until they begin to feel the pain Pharmacists need to be wary of taking …
New hub for 6CPA programs
PSA has launched a new resource hub to help pharmacists implement new and expanded 6CPA programs Under revised rules, pharmacists providing 6CPA-funded medication adherence and management services will provide patient …
Delivering best-practice asthma management
MedAdvisor has partnered with the National Asthma Council Australia to support pharmacists in delivering asthma management The partnership, which will establish MedAdvisor as National Asthma Council Australia’s preferred partner for …
PSA reviews its program guidelines
PSA has begun a review of its Professional Guidelines for the revised pharmacy programs These programs include those for Dose Administration Aids, MedsCheck/Diabetes MedsCheck, Staged Supply and Home Medicines Review …
Clinical tips: Quality Use of Medicines
It’s a good time to examine how you encourage your patients to use medicines wisely, writes Karalyn Huxhagen The seventh annual Be Medicinewise Week is 21–27 August, promoting the safe …
Insure for pharmacist services, high-cost drugs: Guild
Pharmacist services should be included in subsidised private health insurance cover, the Pharmacy Guild argues In its submission to the Senate Community Affairs Reference Committee inquiry into the value and …
Considerations to maximise 6CPA programs
Now that more funding for 6CPA programs is available, it’s time to leverage it, writes Stephenie Shea MedsChecks and Diabetes Medschecks are an important service offered by pharmacies. They aim …
Docs want to ‘break the retail-medicine link’
The RACGP has slammed pharmacy professional services and complained that doctors saw no cash back from the risk share solution The group is urging the King Review panel to break …
Get a consulting room, says Qld Guild
The Queensland branch of the Pharmacy Guild is urging members to implement private consulting rooms As the landscape of community pharmacy continues to change, pharmacies are becoming increasingly compelled to …
Pharmacist services not comparable to gas, electricity
Clinical services should be viewed though a health lens – not an economic lens, pharmacy leader tells King Review panel In response to the King Review’s Interim Report released last …
Clinical Intervention: a clinical or financial scheme?
This week’s contributor wanted to remain anonymous: here, our Guest Author asks whether the Clinical Intervention scheme should exist in its current form at all A brief overview Let’s begin …
Picton thanks its pharmacy with award
The Picton community gave its pharmacy’s new customer focus the thumbs up with its Business of the Year Award When the Picton Discount Drug Store took out the Wollondilly Business …