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06
Mar, 2018
New Report Says 88 percent of Nova Scotians Are Concerned About Access to Health Care but Pharmacists Can Help

 

Dartmouth, NS – A survey of Nova Scotians conducted by Abacus Data last week has found that 77 per cent of the province’s residents say they are extremely concerned or very concerned about accessing health today and 88 percent are concerned about accessing health care in the future.

The same survey found that 87 percent of Nova Scotians either strongly agree or agree that the government should improve access to health care by making pharmacist health care services available in all pharmacies.

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29
Jan, 2018
The pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance agreement – better drug prices could create opportunity for improved health care in Nova Scotia

For Immediate Release

January 29, 2018

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22
Dec, 2017
News on NIHB Methadone Coverage Program in Nova Scotia

Please see attached December 18th deom NIHB regarding coverage for Methadose and Metadol-D in Nova Scotia.

 

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24
Mar, 2016
Medication Program’s Success is all About Teamwork

Pharmacist Kelly MacIsaac and pharmacy technician Karen Leyte’s partnership has existed for more than 20 years.  The pair started working together at the Nova Scotia Hospital and the partnership continued at the Dartmouth General Hospital three years ago when the pharmacy department was closed at the Nova Scotia Hospital.

One of the main programs they work together on is the Provincial Clozapine Program. To fully understand the importance of Kelly and Karen’s partnership, a brief background of Clozapine is required.

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23
Mar, 2016
Pharmacist Natalie Kennie-Kaulbach Has A Family Focus

Pharmacist and Pharmacy Professor Natalie Kennie-Kaulbach's first job as a pharmacist was on a Family Medicine Team at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto.  This was after the Nova Scotia native completed her pharmacy degree at Dalhousie University and a Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto.

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23
Mar, 2016
Hospital Pharmacist Helps Heart Patients Take Charge of Their Health

Hospital pharmacist Steve Allen works in two areas.  He’s the clinical pharmacist for cardiology in the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) and he works with the Hematology Department covering the Warfarin Clinic.

The CCU cares for patients with heart failure, rhythm problems, and patients who have had a heart attack. Steve "rounds" with the medical team, provides advice on appropriate drug therapy and dosage, helps to identify potential drug-related problems, and ensures patients can afford their medications after they leave the hospital.

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21
Mar, 2016
PHARMACIST PIONEERS CLINICAL POSITION FOR NEW MILITARY EXPANDED SCOPE OF PRACTICE

Pharmacist Janet MacMullin works at the Canadian Forces Health Services Centre in Halifax. Formerly employed in the centre’s dispensary, she has spent the last year embedded within the clinic’s primary care delivery units working collaboratively alongside medics, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and doctors. Her position, a new one, was created locally on a trial basis as a potential example of how the Forces could optimally exercise a newly expanded pharmacist scope of practice.

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17
Mar, 2016
Personal Loss Puts Pharmacist on a Different Career Path

Pharmacist Lisa Seymour had made the decision to move back home to New Glasgow just three months before her father was diagnosed with a terminal illness.  After working in retail pharmacy for a number of years she decided to take advantage of an opportunity that had arose at the Aberdeen hospital.  It had turned out to be a fortuitous event because she was able to be there for her father during the end of his life.

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