Pharmacy U news

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have just completed a big study on the use of intranasal vaccines for COVID-19. These aren’t just any vaccine; they are a novel way to stimulate both local (mucosal) immunity as well as systemic immunity, and this could change the way we approach not only future COVID-19 vaccines, but also other vaccines such as Influenza, RSV, and even Cystic Fibrosis.

How often do we find ourselves in situations where we feel like we have very little choice? This is the only thing we can do. Occasionally, we may look at the opposite position and then make a choice. Often, we may defend the decision as being the lesser of two evils.

Leaders give choice in order to fill seats. Covid has opened our eyes to the creepy reality of elite sport on display live in front of no one. Empty stadiums, rinks, fields, studios, courts and pitches, all generating zero ticket revenue. It is analogous to an empty, lonely bus driving without passengers.

Pharmacy U turns 10 this year! Canada's leading event for the pharmacy industry will be in-person once again, on April 2, 2022, at the International Centre. That in itself is cause to celebrate.

Have you ever seen something so serendipitous that you wonder if divine intervention really does exist? Those moments you know deep down are too perfect for even the most astute strategies? We all know that March is Pharmacy Appreciation Month in Canada. But did you know it is also Kidney Health Month for Canada?

The Law of Compensation states that you will be paid based on the demand for what you do, the skill involved with what you do, and the ease with which you can be replaced.

On the way to improving your bottom line, workplace experts, pharmacy owner/operators and others say employee empowerment increases productivity, improves integrity and customer service, provides for better inventory turns and control, and helps attract better employees.

We need to recognize this lesson of the wood stove, because it gives us a tremendous clue for our leadership. We need to operate on the cause end of the law of cause and effect. What does that look like? It looks like adding value to the patients we serve. That often includes adding value to the teams that we serve on so that, as a whole, our teams can add more value to the patients we serve.