Medication Management

A new partnership between Mednow.ca, a one-stop-shop virtual care platform, and AceAge Inc., a Canadian healthcare technology company, promises to provide at-home healthcare alternatives to reduce public interactions.

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Quebec is planning to join the rest of its provincial counterparts in regulating pharmacy technicians, beginning by offering technician accreditation programs at several Colleges in the province.

Commonly known as 'Z-drugs,' these medications — used to treat sleep and anxiety disorders, some seizure disorders and to relax muscles or relieve muscle spasms — can lead to problematic use and substance use disorder, according to Health Canada.

Owned and operated by Shoppers Drug Mart, MediSystem pharmacies offer pharmaceutical dispensing and clinical pharmacy consulting services to the senior housing community and group home facilities.

The University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy, Hogan Pharmacy and PeopleCare are teaming up with Canadian company AirMatrix to test deliveries to homes and long-term care facilities using drones.