Practice news

Help us! No, wait, not like that!
Pharmacists in Ontario (and soon B.C.) are finally officially being recruited to use our skills to take some pressure off the beleaguered healthcare system—as we have in other Canadian provinces for many years. What's really behind all the pushback from the physician community?
Yukon permanently expands power of pharmacists to issue prescriptions
Goal is to relieve pressure on family doctors and emergency departments.

Ontario pharmacists can prescribe for 13 common ailments as of Jan. 1

But not all pharmacists will be able to offer the service immediately, with some requiring additional time to prepare and ramp up the necessary infrastructure.
Patients are highly satisfied with pharmacy-based travel health services

A systematic review examines the types and outcomes of pharmacist-managed travel health services
Update on Ontario's minor ailment funding

A message from the OPA's chair of the board on funding for minor ailment assessments in Ontario.
Baptist Health South Florida creates first clinical wellness pharmacist positions in U.S.

One pharmacist will focus on oncology, community and employee health, while the other specializes in executive health, orthopedics and sports medicine.
U.K. physicians prescribe heat in new initiative

The program, which pays for the heat of people with some serious lung conditions, pays for itself in reduced hospital visits, its founder says.
Seven ways prescribers can help mitigate critical drug shortages

The Canadian Paediatric Society has released a new practice point on how clinicians can help manage critical drug shortages.
FIP releases handbook on pharmacists' role fighting HIV

The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) recently published a handbook on HIV prevention, screening and management, on World AIDS Day.
Pharmacies offer rapid tests for sexually transmitted and blood borne infections as part of large study

The testing, which is part of the APPROACH study, will allow some pharmacies in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Alberta to test for HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis.

Help us! No, wait, not like that!

Yukon permanently expands power of pharmacists to issue prescriptions

Ontario pharmacists can prescribe for 13 common ailments as of Jan. 1

Patients are highly satisfied with pharmacy-based travel health services

Update on Ontario's minor ailment funding

Baptist Health South Florida creates first clinical wellness pharmacist positions in U.S.

U.K. physicians prescribe heat in new initiative

Seven ways prescribers can help mitigate critical drug shortages

FIP releases handbook on pharmacists' role fighting HIV

Pharmacies offer rapid tests for sexually transmitted and blood borne infections as part of large study