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New GuildLink patient app
Wednesday | Mar 1 2017GUILDLINK has announced a new GuildCare-compatible patient medication management and services reporting app.
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Health minister to open APP
Wednesday | Mar 1 2017FEDERAL health minister Greg Hunt was yesterday confirmed as a keynote speaker at next week's APP2017 conference on the Gold Coast, with APP chairman Kos Sclavos saying the minister will present a keynote address at a specially arranged session at 8.30am on Thu 09 Mar.
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Advanced practice vital
Tuesday | Feb 28 2017A ONE-DAY roundtable including representatives from Australian pharmacy bodies, universities and leading international advanced practice groups has reaffirmed the "urgent need for a robust, sustainable, independent process to transform Australia's pharmacy workforce".
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Guild pushes Hunt on 6CPA
Tuesday | Feb 28 2017THE Pharmacy Guild has today placed a full page advertisement in The Australian, very publicly urging newly appointed health minister Greg Hunt to ensure that the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement is delivered in full.
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Corum phcy group strategy
Monday | Feb 27 2017LISTED pharmacy software specialist Corum Health has announced in its just released 2016 half-year report that, with the increased concentration of the pharmacy market, it will continue to pursue a strategy of aligning with pharmacy groups.
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Sponsored study biases
Friday | Feb 24 2017IN WHAT amounts to an open challenge to the pharmaceutical industry, a University of Sydney study has found that industry-sponsored studies are more likely to favour products of pharmaceuticals and medical devices than non-industry funded research.
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Telstra Health cancer register delay
Friday | Feb 24 2017THE start date of the proposed National Cancer Screening Register to be developed by Telstra Health (PD 27 May 2016) has been delayed "due to the complexity of assimilating and migrating data from eight state and territory cancer registers".
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Penalty rates revolution
Friday | Feb 24 2017YESTERDAY'S Fair Work Commission decision to reduce penalty rates for pharmacy staff working on Sundays (PD breaking news) would clearly lead to wage cost savings for pharmacy owners, and a pay reduction for employees working those days, according to Mark Nicholson, partner at pharmacy specialist accounting firm Pitcher Pharmacy.
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Blackmores H1 slowdown
Thursday | Feb 23 2017BLACKMORES yesterday announced its financial results for the six months to 31 Dec, with overall sales across the group declining 6% to $322 million.
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Cannabis importation relaxed
Thursday | Feb 23 2017THE Australian Government is planning to fast track the process for doctors accessing medical marijuana for patients, by authorising controlled importation by "approved providers from approved international sources" for interim supply in Australia, until domestic production of cannabis meets local needs.