Pharmacy U news

Good accounting matters a lot when you’re thinking of selling your pharmacy business. Any smart potential buyer will go over your books with a fine-toothed comb, and if your accounts don’t pass the sniff test, then shoddy accounting could derail the sale of your business – and your plans for life after pharmacy ownership.

The rapidly expanding scope of pharmacists continues to provide new opportunities for pharmacy teams to deliver accessible and timely care for Canadians. One area where our role is quickly changing is in the prescribing of contraceptives, where pharmacy scope has gradually expanded to several provinces.

At the stroke of 2023, Ontario pharmacists were capable of initiating prescription medications without patients seeing a prescriber beforehand. It is a major solution to a major ailment plaguing a complex and congested healthcare system.

We get a call in the pharmacy asking if we have a drug. The busy pharmacy assistant checks our software that tells them we have what they are looking for. Two hours later, a patient enters with a prescription and we realize the software inventory is off and we don’t have any physical drug.

As healthcare professionals, we are all too familiar with the debilitating effects of pain on our patients' quality of life. Whether acute or chronic, pain can be a challenge to manage effectively.

Last time, I left you with a dilemma: in what direction do you lead if a patient leaves your pharmacy, transfers to another, but then returns to you?

Excitement over new scopes of practice, broadest-ever variety of sessions attract record crowds to PharmacyU Toronto

Ask the more than 755 registrants who travelled to Toronto from across the country – and beyond – to absorb the most engaging and relevant education offered at Pharmacy U to date, including the first-ever breakfast session series. It was a day to reconnect with colleagues, make new contacts, learn from industry titans and experience an expanded vendor floor.