Amid an opioid crisis, Alberta grapples with an ongoing rash of pharmacy robberies, with most involving culprits that have threatened drug store staff with weapons.
Despite her struggles, Anna showed up to work every day trying to provide the best patient care possible, because she knew how much her patients and the healthcare system relied on her.
I have seen a change in the ‘traditional role’ of the pharmacist, an appetite for pharmacists to expand into new roles and be increasingly recognised as integral members of the primary care team.
Helping patients understand why and how things work as well as supporting them through the reimbursement process can provide relief for those with many concerns and result in possible coverage of necessary medications.
A growing body of research is demonstrating that therapeutic carbohydrate restriction, one form of Therapeutic Nutrition, can improve metabolic function and even put type 2 diabetes into remission.
For at least the last 30 years, long-term pharmacy service has operated under a central distribution model, structured on transactional compensation for pharmacy service providers.
Ontario announced this week that effective August 18, COVID-19 vaccines will be made available to kids who are 11 but turning 12 this year. But pharmacists were left hanging as they waited for an executive order authorizing this change.
