Kenny Chan

Kenny Chan, Pharmacist - Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy
Innovation Fund Recipient
2025

Pharmacists often spend 15 minutes or more manually searching multiple databases to answer medication-related questions. Pharmacists at North West Telepharmacy will pilot an AI-driven tool that delivers patient-specific drug information in under 15 seconds using a curated database of evidence-based medical references. Pharmacist Kenny Chan, co-creator of the Aiskyra AI Drug Info Assistant, will work with researchers from the University of Toronto to evaluate the tool’s impact.

More details in July 2025 news article.

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