Pharmacy Business

Health Minister Sylvia Jones says expanding registered nurses’ scope of practice gives people in Ontario more convenient access to care and will reduce wait times at community clinics and hospitals.

Pharmacist-led common ailments schemes are effective in many countries around the globe, a new report from the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) says.

The funding is meant to help docs as the province transitions to a blended capitation model.

As founder of #pizzaisnotworking, pharmacist Bled Tanoe is leading the charge to improve working conditions in community pharmacies across the U.S.

The province is the eleventh Canadian jurisdiction to implement a biosimilar switching program; only Manitoba and Nunavut don’t have one. 

Specialty medications treat chronic, complex, rare or genetic conditions. They are revolutionizing treatments and may even be a cure for debilitating diseases such as cancer, hepatis C and autoimmune disorders. And they are complicated. And costly.

Some pharmacy staffers believe that all relief pharmacists are lazy and incompetent. I’m here to tell you that is absolutely not the case!

Providing extensive sexual health services in a pharmacy setting has been proven to ease the strain on the primary healthcare system while reducing barriers for vulnerable and underserved patients.