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Current pharmacy Acts continue to require pharmacists to perform as de facto security guards. Surely other trusted staff are qualified to take on that responsibility so we can stick to patient care.

The new year – still fresh – presents an opportunity not only to look back at all that was accomplished over the past 12 months, but also to look ahead and set priorities for the new year. That is especially the case if you are preparing to put up your pharmacy for sale within the next five years or so, because that is how long a successful business sale transaction can take in the pharmacy industry.

There are steps we must take, and assumptions we must reset, to reclaim our most precious resource: Time

Be it as a pacifier in the ER, or as a diagnostician at the airport, dogs can make great 'medical devices.'

Contrary to how a local physician admonished me, adjusting medication dosage is absolutely within my scope of practice. Besides, I answer to the patient (who is at the centre of all I do) and to the College of Pharmacists, not to physicians.

In a world where vaccine discussions are often laden with misconceptions and mounting tension, have you found it challenging to maintain productive conversations in your practice? If so, you’re not alone.

Compartmentalization permits risk management. Viewing your pharmacy down into its pieces can bring tremendous advantage. Structuring workflow or systems such that if disaster happens, only pieces are lost instead of the whole may sound tedious, but after one disaster the value will be evident.

Ever find yourself working harder than you need to in the process of buying something for your pharmacy? When choosing a vendor, I have learned that I prefer to do business with those I can communicate with, which is a nice way of saying that I do not have to babysit them.