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Embracing Change
How are pharmacists responding to an expanded scope of practice? Which services do patients appreciate the most? What are the challenges of billing for new services?
The Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy explores these and other frontline issues related to putting an expanded scope of practice into action. Pharmacists share best practices, lessons learned and how they’re making a difference in patients’ lives.
Latest Articles From Our Embracing Change Series

Happy Staff, Happy Life
Ask Sandy Faheim about the key to her success as the pharmacist/owner of four thriving independent pharmacies in southwestern Ontario and she’ll tell you it’s

Embracing change: an appointment-based model
When Ontario pharmacy owner Mike Cavanagh pioneered an appointment-based model of practice in 2018, which is anchored by the synchronization of chronic medications to facilitate

Embracing Change: Specialty pharmacy in Saskatoon
Colleen Guggenberger likes to laugh. Even when life throws yet another curveball. “You can laugh or cry in life. There are times when I do

Embracing Change in Bridgewater, N.S.
JUNE 2023 – When Michael Holland first moved to Bridgewater, N.S., he knew he needed a good pharmacy. At 82 years old, Holland is on

Embracing change in Oakville, Ontario
MAY 2023 – Yolande Bousquet, 78, recalls one visit to her pharmacy when she felt dizzy after fasting for a lab test. She had no

Embracing Change in Gibsons, B.C.
APRIL 2023 – In Gibsons, B.C., an independent pharmacy’s patient-centred care model guarantees engagement with a pharmacist on every visit. “Our entire care model is

Embracing Change in Walkerton, Ontario
MARCH 2023 – For 86 years and counting Brown’s Pharmacy has served the rural community of Walkerton, Ont., and continues to prosper in the ever-changing pharmacy

Embracing change: Box Labs, Ontario
JANUARY 2023 – Michael Demian comes from a family of pharmacists, but pharmacy was not his first career choice. He started out studying electrical and computer

Embracing change in Winnipeg
MAY 2022 – Simplicity Wellness is a licensed pharmacy that does not dispense any medication. The new pharmacy in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, provides appointment-based consulting
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