Pharmacy Business

Faster, better, less agonizing: How one college is building a more efficient, less punitive complaints process
Led by complaints director Dr. Dawn Hartfield—whose medical career includes leadership roles in safety and quality improvement—the process overhaul at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta has significantly cut wait times between complaint and hearing.
Get ready for Season 3 of the Leadership Series
The goal is to promote entrepreneurship in the profession by showcasing different examples of "pharmapreneurs" from across all sectors of the industry (whether it is store ownership, franchise ownership, programs innovation, consulting services, resources development, product manufacturing, product distribution, new tech solutions, marketing, recruitment, compounding, and more).

N.S. pilot clinics to expand scope of practice for pharmacists, freeing up busy ERs

Health Minister Michelle Thompson says the new program will be piloted in 12 pharmacies across the province, with more locations expected in the spring.
ISMP course helps pharmacists avoid medication incidents in kids

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada made a new eLearning module for community pharmacists.
Alberta community pharmacies must confirm Dealer's Licence of compounding pharmacies

Alberta is reminding community pharmacists of rules around ordering controlled substances from compounding or repackaging pharmacies.
How can pharmacists lead up, up and away? Part 2.

One of the most important ways we lead is by leading up. This is key for a number of reasons. Perhaps most notably, it is because when we lead up, we make life easier for our boss. And in turn, our boss can make life easier for us. And if you are serving on a team with others who have the same boss, life can improve for all of you!
3 steps to solving your hiring puzzle

Solving hiring in pharmacy will first mean finding more candidates without a sizeable investment of our time. We need to automate hiring into a process that isolates precisely what we need, finds more puzzle pieces and brings them through a consistent and well-practised screening-interviewing-placement pipeline.
Pharmacy U presenters Mike Jaczko & Max Beairsto: Fix these accounting mistakes in 2023, Part 1: Inventory

Bad accounting practices are just, well, bad – for your business and for its value when it comes time to sell. If your books are unreliable, a potential buyer is going to look askance at your pharmacy and wonder what else is wrong.
Pharmacy U presenters Pavithra Ravinatarajan and Siva Sivapalan: The pharmacist’s role with GLP-1s in the treatment of diabetes

Diabetes is a condition that impacts over 3 million Canadians. That is approximately 8.8% of the population, further, it is estimated that 6.1% of the Canadian adult population are at high risk of developing diabetes.
PTCB relaunches online testing delivery for certified pharmacy techs

New process provides option to earn advanced credentials more conveniently.

Faster, better, less agonizing: How one college is building a more efficient, less punitive complaints process

Get ready for Season 3 of the Leadership Series

N.S. pilot clinics to expand scope of practice for pharmacists, freeing up busy ERs

ISMP course helps pharmacists avoid medication incidents in kids

Alberta community pharmacies must confirm Dealer's Licence of compounding pharmacies

How can pharmacists lead up, up and away? Part 2.

3 steps to solving your hiring puzzle

Pharmacy U presenters Mike Jaczko & Max Beairsto: Fix these accounting mistakes in 2023, Part 1: Inventory

Pharmacy U presenters Pavithra Ravinatarajan and Siva Sivapalan: The pharmacist’s role with GLP-1s in the treatment of diabetes

PTCB relaunches online testing delivery for certified pharmacy techs