Practice Tips

The draft of ‘Managing the Public–Private Interface to Support Quality Care’ discusses major improvements governments across Canada need to make in the coming years.

Pharmacists in a Shoppers Drug Mart in Ottawa saved a customer’s life after she collapsed in the store, thanks to having a defibrillator close at hand.

Your job is to create the systems and structures paired with people and resources that shift the balance of your prescription count as far to the predictable side as possible. Invest time and energy into knowing your patients and predicting what they need, when they need it and constantly scan for patient groups that can be standardized like synchronizing your monthly injectables and monthly blister co-pays.

The college is accepting comments on the bylaw proposals until Aug. 1.

‘Well Bill, your master spark plug is getting rusty,’ I said to a 72-year-old retired mechanical engineer.

Q2 2024 saw more registrations with the college in the last 10 years, but critics say there's more to fixing the shortage than throwing out numbers.

Many stakeholders remain reluctant to embrace new roles for pharmacists. Despite this, I remain committed to advocating for the expanded role of pharmacists in healthcare, confident that continued education and collaboration will eventually lead to broader acceptance and integration.

Four Quebec physicians tell us what they’d like to change to improve their practice, their workplace environment and the healthcare system.