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EDITORIAL
RFID
and the "The World Future Store"
NEIL
JOHNSTON
A
Management Consultant Perspective
RFID
stands for Radio Frequency IDentification, which first appeared in tracking
and access applications during the 1980's.
Wireless systems allow for non-contact reading and are effective in
manufacturing and other difficult environments, where bar-code labels
would not survive.
RFID is well established in areas such as livestock identification and
automated vehicle identification systems, because of the ability to
track moving objects.
Since the introduction of RDIF, the technology has moved on to track
diverse activities such as car components during manufacture (the system
survives a high range of temperatures), the tracking of pallets and
original cartons in the Supply Chain Process, and more recently, a medical
application, where the US military used RFID to tag and track wounded
soldiers and airmen during the Iraq war.
It is now being considered as a standard for global retailing.
Pushing
the Boundaries:
Pharmacy Services to Remote Aboriginal Communities
(QUM Challenges for GP, Hospital and Community
ROLLO
MANNING
An
Indigenous/Rural/Isolated/Remote Perspective
EDITOR'S
NOTE: Rollo Manning was busy this month preparing for the ARCHI QUM
Seminar held at the Stamford Plaza Hotel, Adelaide, on the 27th June
2003. We have adapted the notes prepared for that address in place of
his regular article for this edition.
Rollo was assisted by his pharmacy technician, Ms Linda Pupangamirri
He is the consultant to the Tiwi Health Board, in the development of
the first remote indigenous pharmacy, located in the Northern Territory.
World
Pharmacy Leaders and Predictions For Community Pharmacy's Health-Related
Processes
Part 2b : Washington DC to San Francisco January 2003
CON
BERBATIS
A
Pharmacy Researcher Perspective
In
Part 2a Con Berbatis reported
on world pharmacy developments in the media in Europe and North America.
In Part 2b. he reports on key findings and meetings held with pharmacy
and medical leaders and practicing pharmacists from Washington DC, Baltimore
and New York City ( 6-12 January) on the east coast, in Chicago and
Toronto (13-14 January) and in Los Angeles and San Francisco ( 17-22
January) on the west coast (Table 1).
The topics discussed are summarised in Table 2.
Inferences made from the many observations from the trip together with
the results of the National Pharmacy Database Project allow some interesting
predictions for community pharmacy health-related practice.
14
Million Australians Can't Be Wrong
TREVOR
BAMFORD
Health
Food Retailer Perspective
Editor's
Note: With various political luminaries, such as Trish Worth and Bob
Carr, making derogatory statements in the national media regarding complementary
medicine, and using the PAN debacle as somehow illustrating and supporting
their position, it is time to introduce an element of balance back in
to the debate.
Readers are reminded that the PAN issue was one of good manufacturing
practice (not
the efficacy of complementary medicines), and
that there were two pharmacists on the board of that company.
Product recalls are a fact of life, are quite frequent, and most relate
to pharmaceuticals made by reputable companies.
It is the size and manner of the PAN recall that attracts attention,
and the disruption and confusion in the wake of the recall does not
reflect well on the TGA, or those choosing to make malicious comment
regarding complementary medicines.
Also, the number of businesses that were hurt permanently (including
PAN), demonstrates a certain form of callousness in the process.
We publish a letter provided to us by Trevor Bamford, as he presents
his side of the case to his local member.
Trevor owns a health food store, that he runs with a high degree of
professionalism.
Managing
Communications
KARALYN
HUXHAGEN
A
PSA Councilor Perspective
It is a tough job
to be the Manager/owner, Pharmacist and friend to your staff and there
are moments when it all becomes too much.
One of the hardest areas that I encounter is establishing effective
communication channels and maintaining them.
This area is an important aspect of the QCPP process and if left to
run its own course can cause havoc.
Common
Colds, Commonsense and
Common Responsibility
HEATHER
PYM
Division
of General Practice Perspective
One
thing GPs and pharmacists have much in common at this time of the year
is the number of patients (or customers) seen who have a cold, sore
throat or some URTI they require relief for or often a 'quick fix".
It is so in this realm of the Nation - perhaps not in warmer climes
but it increases the through put of patients in waiting rooms and I
expect numbers of customers through the pharmacy doors.
Is there a new product on the market this year?
There usually is!
CHC
tells TGA-Stop PANning CM!
JAMES
ELLERSON
A
Marketing Consultant Perspective
The recent furore
caused by the TGA recall of products manufactured by PAN Pharmaceuticals,
has been punctuated by confusion of issues, misleading statements (by
people who ought to know better), plus media hype and beat-up.
Issues of evidenced-based medicine, efficacy of complementary medicines,
qualifications and abilities of practitioners, have somehow been promoted
in place of the real (single issue) of good manufacturing practice.
And the product that brought the problem to light (Travacalm) is not
even a complementary medicine!
Remote
Dispensing-Consider the Possibilities
SHERYL
FRAME
IT
Consultant Perspective
Editor's
Note: Sheryl Frame is a consultant who is involved in the development
and marketing of an automated and remote controlled medication dispensing
system.
She originally hails from South Africa, but for many years now, has
called Australia "home", and has an impressive list of achievements
in marketing and developing IT systems.
While the concept of remote dispensing is not new, the many innovations
built into this system are unique, and thus patentable.
This is an Australian system and well worth investigating.
For those interested, there will be an opportunity to invest and own
a "piece of the action".
It would be of interest to multi-group pharmacies wishing to centralise
some aspects of dispensing, and remote communities.
Are
Pharmacies Providing Quality Care?
ANDREW
SNOW
Recent
Graduate Perspective
Over
the last few months, I have been fortunate enough to be involved in
a pharmacy that is undergoing accreditation for the Quality Care program.
It has been an extensive experience that takes the running of a pharmacy
right back to the basics, to ensure the structural organisation is appropriate,
in order to allow a business to flourish. Initially, I was a bit sceptical,
and thought it may be a waste of time, but I have been pleasantly surprised.
Prescribing
Pharmacists
JON
ALDOUS
Hospital
Pharmacist Perspective
The big day is here
at last. The first course to train pharmacists as supplementary prescribers
has been given the green light by the Royal Society in the UK, as reported
in The Pharmaceutical Journal this week. Follow link: http://www.pharmj.com/Editorial/20030628/news/news_greenlight.html
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