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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

Embracing Change in Montreal, Quebec
APRIL 2022 – When Benoit Morin and his brothers, Jean-François and Stéphane, took over their father’s Montreal pharmacy 22 years ago, they determined that success

Embracing Change at LMC Pharmacy in Ontario
FEBRUARY 2022 – During the first year of the pandemic, eight LMC Pharmacy locations in Ontario conducted more than 26,400 MedsCheck services — a 45% increase

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

Embracing Change in Lindsay, Ontario
AUGUST 2021 – Mike Cavanagh is so happy with the appointment-based model of pharmacy practice so far that he’s volunteered to be part of a

Embracing Change in Newfoundland and Labrador
JULY 2021 – The Medication Therapy Services (MTS) Clinic at Memorial University’s School of Pharmacy in St. John’s is a place where ideas thrive—and failure

Embracing Change in Stony Plain, Alberta
MAY 2021 – Carlene Oleksyn, manager-owner of Mint Health + Drugs: Meridian in Stony Plain, Alberta, has literally flipped her pharmacy around to better serve

Embracing change in Longueuil, Quebec
APRIL 2021 – After working for seven years as a consultant helping pharmacies implement new practice models, Judith Choquette decided it was time to walk

Embracing Change in Bedford, N.S.
FEBRUARY 2021 – For Fady Faltas, the term expanded scope is a misnomer. “At some point,” he says, “expanded scope is simply your scope.” The

Embracing Change: MedMe Health
JANUARY 2021 – Less than a year after earning her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Waterloo in 2018, Rui Su and two partners
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