ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 8/17/2023
How we changed our community pharmacy to offer minor ailments prescribing
The BC Pharmacy Association highlights how one pharmacy team has taken on the additional work of new minor ailments and contraceptive services. - 8/14/2023
How many primary care prescriptions are never filled?
A new study published in the CMAJ investigated primary nonadherence to these medications to try and uncover the rates and reasons behind it. - 8/13/2023
Neighbourly Pharmacy to use Pharmapod medication-incident-management solution
The cloud-based medication incident-management solution offers real-time analytics and aggregated, anonymized incident data that can be shared. - 8/13/2023
‘A tool to aid with mundane tasks’: Pharmacist uses AI to develop machine learning tool
The tool streamlines the inquiry search process using natural language processing. - 8/13/2023
New tool helps practitioners identify what medications are safe to use while breastfeeding
Called the Upper Area Under the Curve Ratio (UAR) metric, the modelling system allows researchers to simulate how a drug moves through a person. - 8/13/2023
More greenhouse gas than the auto sector: CSHP releases plan for pharmacy to fight climate crisis
Greenhouse gas emissions from the pharmaceutical industry are larger than those from the automotive industry. - 8/9/2023
B.C. launches new opioid agonist therapy training program
The Learning about Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care program helps providers improve their ability to prescribe opioid agonist therapy. - 8/8/2023
Criminal record checks required for more pharmacy employees in Alberta
The changes are part of new amendments to the province’s Pharmacy and Drug Regulation. - 8/3/2023
Saskatchewan’s Bill 120 to change regulations of health care professionals
Saskatchewan has proposed amendments to the legislative framework that governs the regulatory bodies that oversee healthcare professionals through Bill 120. - 8/3/2023
TMU researchers developing more sensitive PSA test
Toronto Metropolitan University researchers are developing a test they hope will better detect prostate-specific antigens.