Before now, medical negligence was not a topic of popular discourse in Nigeria. In recent times, however, practising physicians in Nigeria and elsewhere frequently express the opinion that the medical profession is being subjected…
Design builds transformation capacity!The world around us is changing. Design thinking is an iterative, non-linear way of working that seeks to understand users and solve problems. It consists of five phases-empathize, define, ideate, prototype…
The pharmacy was once just a place to fill prescriptions. Today, pharmacists play an active role in overall healthcare. About 6 in 10 Nigerians suffer from chronic conditions. Many, especially over the age of…
Healthcare access and delivery faces significant global and local challenges. Funding restraints in health care practices means that there is now even more need to ensure technology is available to better integrate services, to…
Career growth in today’s fast moving environment requires all the skills that we normally ascribe only to entrepreneurs -- ability to adapt, change, be innovative, resilient and stay in constant learning mode. The days…
Pharmacists, especially those in a retail setting, are feeling the pressure.Pharmacists, especially those in a retail setting, are feeling the pressure. Burnout is happening at higher and higher rates and the result is low…
According to recent research from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Express Scripts Pharmacy, pharmacists are well-trusted by patients and are expected to play an “increasingly integral role in care management.”…
Telemedicine, which enables video or phone appointments between a patient and their health care practitioner, benefits both health and convenience. More health care providers are offering to “see” patients by computer and smartphone.“Health organizations…
The problem is, they are being silenced by the pharmacies they work for and even, sometimes, by the others they work with.You may see your pharmacist as a medication dispenser, in place to provide…
Scars are the normal and unavoidable outcomes of tissue healing where the fibrous tissue replaces normal tissue as a part of the remodeling phase of wound healing. The collagen synthesized initially is random and…
