Practice news

When patients present to the pharmacy to use the video screen telemedicine service, this can increase traffic flow into the pharmacy.

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the International Pharmaceutical Federation Conference in Brisbane, Australia. As compared to other pharmacy conferences, FIP’s program focused on pharmacy strategy and direction into the future. Here’s what I learned.

A small but enthusiastic group of pharmacists are innovating with artificial intelligence. And they're coming up with ways to make you speak virtually any language and learn from avatars that mirror your real-world patient community.

Uploading prescriptions in batches to Alberta’s Netcare pharmaceutical information network (PIN) can cause problems, warns the Alberta College of Pharmacy. 

Pilot project gives rural communities up to 35 days of locum coverage per year.

Pharmacists, students, techs and more all need to be registered with PRIME or they’ll soon lose access to PharmaNet.

We’re pleased to present a new series of counselling tools on minor ailments and OTC-related conditions, prepared by students of the Advanced Patient Self-Care elective at the School of Pharmacy at University of Waterloo.

Should pharmacists who can prove they have the training and competence be allowed to inject Botox and dermal fillers? A number of Alberta pharmacists say they should, and many have built businesses on cosmetic injections.