Embracing Change in Winnipeg

OCTOBER 2021 – Hajra Mirza can’t imagine not being able to prescribe for patients with minor ailments. “It’s an important part of the services we provide,” says Mirza, owner of Rossmere Pharmacy in Winnipeg, Manitoba. “It’s a meaningful personal interaction with patients and there is lots of problem solving.” Mirza, who received her Pharm D […]

From research to real world: UTI research helps fund services

OCTOBER 2021 – In the past two years, three more provinces have put funding in place for pharmacists’ assessments and prescribing for uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs)—enabled in part by research funded by the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy. The University of Alberta’s RxOUTMAP study, funded by a grant from CFP’s Innovation Fund in 2017, enrolled […]