Pharmacy Business

The BioScript Pharmacy in Saskatoon serves approximately 5,000 patients across the province and is staffed by five pharmacists, 11 pharmacy assistants and two licensed technicians.

Do you have a friend with repeated car problems or perhaps own a car like this yourself? That car ends up costing you time and money repeatedly and the frustration has you thinking about a new vehicle. That car is high maintenance. In thinking about your pharmacy team, do you have high maintenance staff members?

We all have skills, and not only do we have skills, we have certain kinds of skills. Not all skills are created equal. Some skills will increase in value over time, while other skills will decrease in value over time. Having the appropriate understanding and perspective of these skills will serve us well.

The new fee program at the Marda Loop Medical Clinic was to start today, but Alberta Health spokesman Scott Johnston says the clinic has told the government it won’t proceed.

The province issued a statement from Health Minister Adriana LaGrange saying: ‘Should any clinic proceed with the membership fee structure or offer accelerated access to a family physician, an investigation will be conducted.’

The college is also eliminating certain fees for residents who ‘provide additional services at Ontario hospitals.’

The company launched a pilot program that offers essential medicines to low-income people without coverage in some communities in Ontario.

A mystery caller survey contacted pharmacies in Hamilton, Ont. and found less than 10% of those contacted actually had the drug in stock.