Editorial
Welcome to the June homepage edition for i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine.
The editor’s desk has been vacant for nearly a month to enable a short vacation to happen, and gratefully it has stirred some sort of a revival.
The volume of work unpublished over May will be reorganised and will appear gradually over future editions.
Since resuming “the desk” the pressure has recommenced, but that is part of the job.
This month we have featured Gerald Quigley as he illustrates an evidence-based complementary medicine that helps Alzheimer patients. The product is already helping patients but is being criticised because of a perceived lack of “quality” in its evidence profile.
Mark Coleman has jumped in to point out the lack of quality in mainstream evidence for drugs, and I find it quite appalling that a serial complainer can justify any mainstream evidence as being “gold standard”.
Read Mark’s article under the title of “Research and other Medical Wonders”.
Columns
Dr John Dunlop (PGDipPharm, MPharm, DPharm(Auck), FACPP, FNZCP, FPSNZ, MCAPA): Inside NZ
Loretta Marron BSc: Health Watch
Barry Urquhart: Marketing Focus
Harvey Mackay: Strategic Thinking
Mark Neuenschwander: I`ve been thinking about...Recent Comments
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Hospital News
Staff Writer: Respected pharmacy managers resign over their concerns for patient safety | open full screen
Health Politics
Mark Coleman: Research and Other Medical Wonders
Neil Johnston: The Call For Unity
Gerald Quigley: What about the Alzheimer’s patient?
Professional Pharmacists Australia Spokesperson: Australian Pharmacists Welcome Removal of the Profession from Skilled Occupation Lists | open full screen
Professional Pharmacists Australia Spokesperson: Australian Pharmacists Say Small Increase In Pay Not Enough | open full screen
Climate Change
Staff Researcher: Splitting the sea: turning ocean water into hydrogen fuelEPublications
A Safe and Peaceful Festive Season
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Introducing current ideas, perspectives and issues, to the profession of pharmacy | |
Welcome to the December 2009 edition of i2p - Information to Pharmacists E-Magazine.
When i2P first began in February 2000, it was decided that a fortnightly publication might prove to be the optimum publishing cycle.
This thought was soon dispelled as it was found that having sufficient content to maintain this cycle became a problem.
Oh for those quieter times!
The cycle then became monthly and has been maintained up to now.
The problem is now coping with the volume of news and opinion that is generated on a daily basis.
Very much the reverse of the year 2000 - a statement for our time and how the pace of pharmacy life has increased.
i2P usually has a recess in January of each year to give its opinion writers a break, and this coming January will be no exception. January is also the month that the i2P site undergoes maintenance and improvement, and this will occur as usual.
One of the improvements will be to look at better managing content and its delivery, as it is felt that the publishing cycle should become at least a weekly one, simply to cope with volume.
i2P is a not-for-profit publication and has tight budgetary constraints because of this.
It really is amazing what can be done on a virtual "shoestring".
Time is also a scarce commodity to do all the things that have to be done.
As editor I would like to thank the loyal band of far-sighted writers who constantly generate perspectives on all things affecting pharmacy.
I would also like to thank our readers who keep our "page count" high and communicate feedback to our writers in a private capacity. We have recently introduced a comments section at the foot of each article or news item so that comments can be shared and expanded.
New topics are constantly added and this year we have seen Climate Change, Hospital News, Aged Care and Preventive Medicine given an increasing focus, as well as Information Technology issues.
2010 will continue to see an expansion in topics.
One new topic for consideration may be Deregulation Issues, but these seem to be very quiet for the moment.
Maybe the calm before the storm?
One issue we will continue to pursue is the plight of clinical pharmacists who have literally no place to go. This is an issue we will continue to shine the light on.
For this current edition, as usual, we have a range of interesting opinion articles as well as global news content - a good read for at least a month.
From i2p a safe and peaceful festive season is our wish to all readers and to our writers.
May things be a little more prosperous with what the New Year brings.
Neil Johnston
December 2009
Research Reports
Practice Development
Anthony Huxley & Peter Krasenstein: The foundations are more important than the facade | open full screen
Neil Retallick: The pharmacy landscape is changing according to Mark Hooper – and Bob Dylan | open full screen
Chris Foster: The One Reason Why You Can't Ignore Social Media
Kay Dunkley - BPharm, Grad Dip Hosp Pharm, Grad Dip Health Admin, MPS, MSHPA: R U OK | open full screen
Fiona Sartoretto Verna AIAPP: Sartoretto Verna Opens in Malta
Steve Jenkin: Four Disrupting Activities Arriving for Pharmacy
Neil Johnston: Identifying Professional Services - Sexual Health -ChlamydiaStaff Writer: eBay Inc. and Kate Spade Saturday Partner For Interactive Storefronts | open full screen
Kay Dunkley - BPharm, Grad Dip Hosp Pharm, Grad Dip Health Admin, MPS, MSHPA: Tax time – a donation to PSS is a gift to your profession and a tax deduction for you | open full screen
Information Technology
Dr David More: Weekly Overseas Health IT Links to 1st June, 2013.Preventive Medicine
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