A patient is told by their insurer that they ca no longer have their medications covered unless they transfer their medications from their longtime diabetes educator/prescribing pharmacist to an out-of-province mail order pharmacy. What could possibly go wrong?
Starting a job in a non-pharmacy environment? Good chance there are opportunities to use your specific and special clinical skills to enhance your organization.
Alcohol consumption will continue to be commonplace and ‘acceptable’ for decades to come. As physicians, we need to understand the complexity of our society, and why patients make the decisions they do.
When patients ask us for alternative ways to lower their blood pressure, pharmacists have the unique opportunity to deliver evidence-based guidance that blends clinical urgency with practical, sustainable lifestyle advice.
