The College is now recruiting volunteers to serve on its committees!
The College’s committees are composed of registered pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, as well as members of the public.
The College is now recruiting volunteers to serve on its committees!
The College’s committees are composed of registered pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, as well as members of the public.
2017 promises to be a busy year for the College. Not only will it present us with opportunities to provide better health through excellence in pharmacy, it also marks the beginning of our new 3-year strategic plan.
Every year, thousands of British Columbians are afflicted by the influenza virus, usually between the months of November and March during what most of us refer to as “Flu Season.”
Did you know that community pharmacies provide the most easily accessible influenza vaccine administration available in BC?
Medicines are a key part of the lives of many older adults – they are used to manage chronic diseases, prevent adverse health outcomes, and treat pain and other common symptoms. When used properly, medicines can improve quality of life and help prolong it. Medications can also cause problems. In treating the older adult, it is not enough for the health professional to know about drugs and diseases.
Over the weekend of January 21-22, 2017, Fraser Health hosted a hackathon with the goal of creating innovative solutions to some of the most pressing issues plaguing healthcare today.
Patients in British Columbia have the right to choose the pharmacy and pharmacy professional they receive services from. This right enables them to transfer their prescriptions between pharmacies at their own discretion. In the event of a transfer request, both pharmacies are expected to facilitate to process in a way that ensures adequate continuity of care.
Everyone wants our health care system to provide good quality services, at the right time and place. Patients, like health care providers, have a vested interest in improving health care services, both as an end user and taxpayer. Engaging those patients to work alongside health care providers to improve the system is called “Patient Engagement”.
Occasionally, in community pharmacy practice, prescription products are prepared, but not picked up by the patient or the patient’s representative. During Pharmacy Practice Reviews, Compliance Officers observe how these medications and accompanying patient information are managed.
Finding safe online pharmacies and pharmacy-related websites can be difficult. In an effort to provide consumers with an easy way to identify legitimate online pharmacies among the ever-growing number of rogue internet drug outlets, the .Pharmacy Top-Level Domain Program was created by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®).
Preparing prescription products and performing final product checks are two important tasks performed by registrants across many different pharmacy practice settings. Establishing clear requirements for these tasks minimizes the risk of errors, reducing the likelihood of drug-related harm to patients and thus protecting public safety.
PharmaNet is a valuable tool for protecting public safety that allows pharmacy professionals to review a patient’s complete medication history and check a prescription for drug allergies and harmful drug interactions before dispensing medication. However, with access to patient information comes the responsibility to uphold legislative requirements and ethical obligations for patient privacy and confidentiality.