Pharmacy Services:Health Matters Columns

Overview

The Health Matters columns are written by Tracie Der and released quarterly for our members. The pharmacy can choose to run a column in their local newspaper, use as bag stuffers, or run as a promotional event. They choose when and how to use them. ***PROGRAM HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED AS 02/01/17; PLEASE DIRECT ALL INQUIRIES TO RON GRACAN***. However for any Health Matters uniTV slide changes, please direct them to Teresa or Norwin who will be able to edit the slides in InDesign. If no one is available for InDesign edit, ask Norwin to disable the slide on uniTV.

How to Instructions

1. Coordinate the Health Matters written columns with Tracie Der theders@telus.net
2. Send reminder when the next batch is due.
3. Columns are sent quarterly (Feb/May/Aug/Nov).
4. Once received move files to MC superserver (use current year directory) SUPERSERVER\Medicine Centre\2.0 Medicine Centre 2.0\Health Matters\Health Matters
5. Upload the columns to the Unipharm website (see how to doc) and then email a link to all shareholders.
6. Send word documents to Alan Glasser (Marks Pharmacy) separately at arglasser@shaw.ca.
7. Also email word documents to any local newspapers that are running the columns as ads. Only Langley Times at present – Kelly Kelly@langleytimes.com
8. Post on uniTV (monthly).
9. The bolded columns are the ones Tracie suggest would make good uniTV spots.

Upload Health Matters to uniPHARM website

• To login to the website admin area, please bookmark: [1]
• (Enter User ID: dir_admin and password: da9812
• 'Once logged in click on My Website'

• Scroll down to the 'Library' section

• Select to update the 'Health Matters' Library (ignore the previous years - all years will be here)

• Select to 'Add new image/file' at the bottom of the page

• Add both a Word and PDF version of the health matters file for all months (no need to break it down)
• You can only add one file at a time so you will need to go back and select 'add new image/file' again to add the second file.

• Once the file has been selected click on 'submit'

• Verify that your files have been added to the library and then select 'back to website control panel' at the bottom of the screen.

• Once you are back at the main control panel, select 'publish site' so that your files will be available to link on webpages.

• Now you need to create a link to the file – go the Health Matters section and select edit:

• Copy and paste the previous quarter and move to the past versions section.
• Make the necessary updates and highlight the area to create the links to the new files

• When finished select 'submit' at the bottom of the edited page

• Then go to the main control panel and select 'publish site'

• Check the actual website to ensure your changes have been made