Pharmacy Business

Pharmacy U Vancouver presenter Shelita Dattani: "Lessons from the pandemic."
Pharmacy teams have been vaccinating Canadians for well over a decade and are integral in establishing, building and maintaining vaccine confidence. Pharmacists have helped to build confidence with influenza vaccines, routine immunizations and have reassured their communities about safety of vaccination in children and pregnancy.
Pharmacy U Vancouver presenter Alan Low: “Wound care is ripe for pharmacists.”
For passionate pharmacists and proactive pharmacy managers looking to elevate their customer services and job satisfaction, integrating specialized wound care services into their existing practice represents an immensely rewarding avenue.

Watch those units of measurement: Mistakes with compounded clonidine products send children to hospital: ISMP Canada

Clonidine compounding errors continue to harm children, the institute said, despite these being “never events.”
Going private: Cardiology clinic becomes first in Saskatchewan to opt out of public healthcare

Dr. Jeffrey Wilkinson of the South Saskatchewan Heart Clinic in Moose Jaw says it's too operationally and financially difficult to keep running under the public system.
Tips on providing medication abortion

A summary of guidance from SOGC and others plus advice from leading doctors.
Amazon will start testing drones that will drop prescriptions on your doorstep, literally

The drone, programmed to fly from a delivery centre with a secure pharmacy, will travel to the customer’s address, descend to a height of about four meters and drop a padded package.
‘Massive opportunity’ for pharmacists to increase uptake of a whole bunch of vaccines: study

Pharmacists could increase the uptake of vaccines by adding screening questions to their booking systems, new research out of the University of Waterloo says.
Quebec pharmacist peeked into health records of three women who worked with her spouse

Quebec pharmacist Marie-Claude Gagnon, who accessed one woman's file 62 times over several years without professional justification, has been suspended for two months.
Walmart to pay for pharmacy technicians’ degrees and licensing

Walmart has begun paying for Canadian employees' education costs through its Live Better U program.
The hope of healthcare – strategies for navigating risk, part 2

When we were training pharmacists to provide immunizations, part of the training was what to do in the case of an allergic reaction. The executives in the company knew immunization services were an appropriate next step in services to offer our customers, but there was still concern about “What if something bad happens.”

Pharmacy U Vancouver presenter Shelita Dattani: "Lessons from the pandemic."

Pharmacy U Vancouver presenter Alan Low: “Wound care is ripe for pharmacists.”

Watch those units of measurement: Mistakes with compounded clonidine products send children to hospital: ISMP Canada

Going private: Cardiology clinic becomes first in Saskatchewan to opt out of public healthcare

Tips on providing medication abortion

Amazon will start testing drones that will drop prescriptions on your doorstep, literally

‘Massive opportunity’ for pharmacists to increase uptake of a whole bunch of vaccines: study

Quebec pharmacist peeked into health records of three women who worked with her spouse

Walmart to pay for pharmacy technicians’ degrees and licensing

The hope of healthcare – strategies for navigating risk, part 2