'premium' content
The feature articles below are "opinion" pieces and reflect the views of the individual authors. They are not the views of AusPharm.net.au P/L, its directors or editorial group unless explicitly stated to be so.
|
and Sponsors                   |
|||||||||||
Opinion
But it doesn’t stop at the toilet cleaning roster, does it? There always seems to be someone on the team who doesn’t “pull their weight”, or habitually “forgets “ their rostered chore, or their rostered day, or both. Or does such an appalling job of a cleaning task that it has to be repeated by someone else anyway. A siege of unwashed coffee cups, plates and cutlery stealthily invades the sink the instant the most OCD afflicted staff member turns their back to put their own freshly scalded and polished coffee mug in their locker. More...
He is well placed to comment on the politics of IGR3. "On 25 January, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd tried to the scare the pants off everyone by claiming that the third intergenerational report showed once again that the nation could not afford increasing health costs with an ageing population; that health costs were going to blow out by $200 billion; that health costs would exceed State revenues and that we would all be doomed because if we inconveniently insist on living longer there will be no one in the workforce left to pay for it all." More...
I am sorry that this piece is long (nearly 2,000 words) but, in my view, you can’t address the issue quickly otherwise you run the risk of only getting 1/2 or 1/3 of the story (and end up as confused as before)." (Oh, we thought it only fair to let John spruik the benefits of College membership as his reward for this). More...
"The Australian Medical Association’s (AMA) newly expressed desire for general practitioners to own and “lead” pharmacies in medical centres, by lifting restrictions on ownership and proximity, may be nothing new in itself – an old argument coming from a different direction." More...
Click the link below to read my 1999 article. Its sub-text is that, as health professionals, pharmacists should have a role in this debate." More...
The article, by pharmacy historian Geoff Miller, was first published in issue number 37 of the journal of the Australian Academy of the History of Pharmacy, Pharmacy History Australia. More...
In today's 'mini' feature from Cropper Parkhill lawyer David Tilbury, we take a look at what is required of a company director. More...
"It is the hope of Gollmann Bouw Pharmacy Systems that our products increase the clinical standards in Australian pharmacy. If Michael wishes to focus on the issue of regulation of automation rather than general standards, then so be it. That is a useful debate. However, he is probably pointing his efforts at least partly in the wrong direction." More...
In today's (premium only "It's one of those things that most pharmacists aspire to. If your parents are anything like mine, it's also something they want for you the same way they wanted you to marry that nice doctor and make babies - your own pharmacy! So perhaps you're fresh out of uni, or in the middle of registration, or perhaps you've been out for a while now, but there aren't many pharmacists I know who point blank aren't interested." More... Pharmacists' Division of APESMA - who are they and what do they do? :: : 11/11/2009 :
"Having recently completed our JR client KPI 2009 series (based on June 2008 financial information), some interesting trends are emerging. One key trend is that dispensary profit has continued to grow as substitution increases while retail growth suffers. This is concerning given the looming effects of price disclosure. Some key indicators over the last three years are provided in the table." More...
In 1997 after a trip to the states I came back and approached the PSA to see if they would assist in trying to find a way to allow me and our child health nurse to administer vaccines in the pharmacy. They ran a mile. And I can see everyone still trying to run a mile from what is normal pharmacy practice in a number of countries. More...
In today's feature she asks why pharmacists struggle to fulfil their professional responsibilities on S2/S3 and puts the challenge..... "I challenge all pharmacists to use the line that the entrants to the Pharmacist Student of the Year competition frequently use in their finals to the pseudo-patient... In order for me to establish if this is the most appropriate medicine for you, could I ask you a few more questions about your condition?" More...
This features page will be updated with new opinion pieces regularly. Unlike the hard copy publications that publish all their content once each week/fortnight/month we will publish on a rolling basis. Got something to say? Fancy yourself as a features writer? At AusPharm.net.au we are always on the lookout for people with an opinion to express. If you think you fit the bill, contact Mark Dunn to express an interest or to get further information. |
||||||||||||
A regular topic of discussion on AusPharmList over the years has been whether pharmacy should be recommended as a career. These discussions frequently also touched on what opportunities, other than in community pharmacy, might be available.
Reading the recent and astoundingly popular “Toilet Cleaning” thread on AusPharmList (
In today's feature, packaging reform trailblazer Mike Hobbs (ex Alphapharm / Hexal / Sandoz), gives us his take on things.
Stephen Greenwood was the Executive Director of The Pharmacy Guild of Australia from 1992 – 2006 and worked for three of its National Presidents. Prior to that he had a long career as a senior public servant. He is now the principal of Greenwood Government Relations.
In today's AusPharm feature Michael Page looks at how the explosive growth in pharmacy graduate numbers may put pressure on current pharmacy ownership models.
If there's something strange... In your dispensary... Who you gonna call??
Today's AusPharm mini feature takes one final look at the 'Test prescription', inflicted on pharmacists by health bureaucrats in days gone by. 
Good time management can be due to the sometimes unpredictable nature of customer traffic and requests. Before implementing a new service there are a myriad of business issues that need to be addressed including training, workflow, staff roles and resource management. Of course, implementation of any change also needs to occur with minimum to no impact on existing services. 
Mirixa Australia programs are designed to be added to a pharmacy's business and clinical offering in a way that minimises disruption to a pharmacy's established workflow. In today's feature Chris Campbell tells us how he did it in his Terry White Chemists pharmacy in Coffs Harbour. Chris and his team have now enrolled almost 100 patients in Mirixa programs. More... 
"Irrespective of their widespread use overseas, the robots will be new to the Australian Regulatory system including the PBS claiming and payment requirements. No pharmacy practice standards exist for their use. There is no independent regulatory body or group who can provide an overall tick of approval...." More... 
Young Sydney pharmacist Veronica Nou bought her first pharmacy earler this year.
) feature article she shares with us part one of her ownership journey.
As part of discussion on AusPharmList in the last 12 months or so about declining wages and working conditions in community pharmacy, there has been mention of employee pharmacist union, the Pharmacists' Division of the The Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists & Managers, Australia (PDA).
I despair.
Emergency nursing involves a good deal of detective work. For example: 'Sir, have you ever had any surgery?' 'No, dear, I'm very healthy.' 'Excellent, but in that case we need to find the bastard who stole your left leg, because it's missing.' 'Oh, you mean operations!' Yep, that's what I mean. True story, by the way. More...