In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates
Drug delivery app zooms in on medicine adherence
Sunday 1 July 2018, 12:00 AM
Zoom Health employs around 19 staff members including four pharmacists and three technicians who work at the company’s Zoom Care Pharmacy in Auckland
The makers of a new medicine delivery app are promising to offer convenience to customers who are too time-poor to go to community pharmacy, as well as teaching people to take their medications on time. Miranda Cook reports on how the model works and whether pharmacists believe digital communication can provide the same level of patient care
On the ground floor of a brick building tucked away in a back lane in inner-city Auckland, Pharmacy Today was given a sneak peak , Zoom cartoon