professional services
It’s time for a revolution
The community pharmacy revolution is here. Join now or run away, warns Mouhamad Zoghbi The community pharmacy is fighting to survive. Aggressive price disclosures cost the average pharmacy $90,000 in …
Pharmacists key in avoidable readmissions: Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has welcomed the focus on avoidable hospital readmissions in today’s COAG Communique. In the Communique, Government leaders identified the disturbing fact that far too many …
What’s your pharmacy’s secret sauce?
Pharmacies will never be able to get ahead without a real point of difference, writes John Cao One lesson that I have taken away from watching the many episodes of …
Don’t choose between discounts and service
Pharmacy no longer need be a ‘discount’ or ‘service’ model. The new ‘optimal pharmacy’ model optimises profits and health outcomes, writes Mouhamad Zoghbi The general consensus between today’s pharmacy leaders …
Time to showcase industry as Claire O’Reilly appointed to MSAC
Pharmacy is undergoing a time of significant opportunity, says Dr Claire O’Reilly, who has just become the first pharmacist to be appointed to the Medical Services Advisory Committee. The MSAC …
Pharmacist phone intervention improves compliance: study
A new study has found that a pharmacist-led telephone intervention can improve medicines compliance. The report, published in BMJ Quality and Safety, aimed to test the effectiveness of a tailored, …
Welcome to the Pharmacy Hunger Games
Pharmacies are now being forced to compete more ferociously than ever: are the odds in your favour? wonders Mouhamad Zoghbi Governments have used the technique of divide and conquer for …
Three ways to build health services in 2016
Building health services in 2016? Here are three tips to help you succeed, writes Vanessa Lontos January is an exciting time in pharmacy. It marks the beginning of a new …
Why is pharmacy still using nurses in wellness programs?
Why do we continue to use nurses in pharmacy wellness programs? wonders Karalyn Huxhagen One of the buzz words in health currently is wellness. We see GPs being tasked with …
Pharmacists’ roles diversifying around the world
Pharmacists’ roles are becoming more diversified the world over, a new report shows. The first international overview of the extent of the advanced and specialised roles that pharmacists are undertaking, …
Pharmacy professional services hamstrung by lack of remuneration
Too many community pharmacies are subsidising pharmacy professional services from their own pockets, according to the International Pharmaceutical Federation. FIP made this statement following its publication today of a new …
Pharmacy scope of practice needs to change
Pharmacy needs to reconsider ‘cheesy’ non-evidence-based services, stop letting pharmacists hide out the back and stop trying to out-Wool Woolworths, experts say. The sector needs to move from supply of …