Pharmacy Business

Safe haven: Sarah Kozusko provides a bridge to vital healthcare for the most vulnerable
'We have no front-shop, so it’s all about clinical services. Our motto is that we are a safe space and whoever you are, you are safe here.'
Ontario College of Pharmacists asks for feedback about expanding pharmacists’ scope
Proposed regulatory amendments would expand the scope of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians ahead of the fall and winter respiratory illness season.

The top three things to remember when prescribing

Regular medication checks and patient education can optimize prescribing practices.
Minor details: Do you have all the facts on hiring youth workers this summer?

Understanding the rules and obligations for pharmacists is especially important in jurisdictions that have made recent changes to their laws governing youth workers.
Meet . . . Sherif Guorgui

We asked the co-CEO, OnPharm-United and President, FIP—Community Pharmacy Section about everything from his favourite foods and his favourite career moments.
Problem solved: How do I get patients to pay for uninsured services?

We asked doctors for their tips on coaxing patients into paying for uninsured services, especially those who insist they can’t afford it.
ISMP tries to improve medication safety in long-term care homes with new initiative

The ISMP’s Strengthening Medication Safety in Long-Term Care initiative was created in response to Justice Gillese’s Long-Term Care Homes Public Inquiry Report.
Pharmpreneur of the Week Jeff May: "I firmly believe in the importance of discovering more efficient methods to deliver care."

There have always been challenges confronting pharmacists, the pharmacy industry, and healthcare in Canada. Canadians consistently encounter difficulties with medication therapies, including issues with adherence, adverse effects, unmanaged polypharmacy, and suboptimal outcomes.
B.C. to launch website to book appointments with pharmacists to treat minor ailments

Premier David Eby says the province will become the first in Canada to offer online booking for residents to visit pharmacists for treatment of minor ailments.
Ontario College of Pharmacists approves emergency assignment class of registration amendments

The amendments codify when and how the College would use its emergency assignment class of registration.

Safe haven: Sarah Kozusko provides a bridge to vital healthcare for the most vulnerable

Ontario College of Pharmacists asks for feedback about expanding pharmacists’ scope

The top three things to remember when prescribing

Minor details: Do you have all the facts on hiring youth workers this summer?

Meet . . . Sherif Guorgui

Problem solved: How do I get patients to pay for uninsured services?

ISMP tries to improve medication safety in long-term care homes with new initiative

Pharmpreneur of the Week Jeff May: "I firmly believe in the importance of discovering more efficient methods to deliver care."

B.C. to launch website to book appointments with pharmacists to treat minor ailments

Ontario College of Pharmacists approves emergency assignment class of registration amendments