Dr. Tiffany Czilli’s pharmacy had no medications on site and operated only for one hour a week. Its sole purpose was to bill for medication reviews that were either not done or were non-compliant, according to the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal.
Alberta, Nova Scotia and Ontario are making moves to wipe out barriers to U.S.-based physicians who'd like to make the move north. But which strategies will succeed?
In a world obsessed with growth and metrics, we are often measured by how much instead of how well. We are encouraged to skim the surface of many tasks instead of going miles deep in fewer of them.
Pharmacists have the skills, knowledge and most frequent contact with patients and can make significant impacts on their lives. Shingles prevention is one of the most impactful preventive interventions pharmacists can make for at-risk patients.
