Pharmacy Business

Building a successful medical clinic requires attention to proximity to the target market, excellent visibility and convenient location, argues a site selection expert.

A bane of my existence in an earlier part of my pharmacy career came around prescription transfer coupons. The company I worked for at the time would put coupons in the weekly circular to invite and entice new patients to transfer some (or all) of their prescriptions to our pharmacy. These promotions would have good results to bring new patients to our pharmacy, but we would struggle to keep them. Why do you suppose that was?

Hockey has been a big part of my life since the ages of VHS tapes and dial-up internet. While I no longer play competitively (or rewind my movies), I take pride in coaching my kids’ teams. It is here that I have come to realize a similar role hockey coaches and pharmacy managers play in enabling the difficult conversations.

Host of popular CBC series “White Coat Black Art” digs into the reality of how pharmacists in Alberta are filling healthcare gaps—and asks tough questions.

The Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia created the campaign in response to high levels of harassment of pharmacy staff.

Even though we are often constantly surrounded by co-workers, customers and patients, pharmacists can be particularily susceptible to loneliness.

A new report from an independent economic think tank calls for all provinces to allow pharmacists the full scope of practice afford to their counterparts in Alberta. Will anyone listen?

What can Canadian pharmacists learn from Ohio's strategy?