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On-Boarding at CFP

MARCH 2023 - CFP welcomes four new members to its Board of Directors for 2023.

Innovation Fund: optimizing med care in heart failure patients

MARCH 2023 - Even with ample evidence showing that medications improve outcomes in heart failure (HF) patients, few Canadians are receiving optimal pharmacotherapy. But Innovation Fund recipient Ricky Turgeon hopes to change that.

Embracing Change in Walkerton, Ontario

MARCH 2023 - An eagerness to embrace change has allowed Brown’s Pharmacy to not only survive but to thrive after 86 years.

Step right up! Deadline of May 8

FEBRUARY 2023 - CFP is now accepting applications for its Wellspring Pharmacy Leadership Awards and Innovation Fund. Deadline of May 8!

The leader in COVID-19 shots? Nova Scotia.

FEBRUARY 2023 - Kudos to Nova Scotia for administering the most COVID-19 vaccinations on average per pharmacy, according to CFP's analysis of claims data.

Susan’s lessons for pharmacy (and life)

FEBRUARY 2023 - As a 20222 recipient of the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Susan Lessard-Friesen reflects on her experiences in pharmacy and what's needed for this next generation of leaders.

Use CFP to transform your ideas into reality

FEBRUARY 2023 - Pharmacist and CFP Board Member Helen Marin invites her peers to get to know CFP a lot better.

Innovation Fund: online learning for POCT

FEBRUARY 2023 - CFP’s 2022 Innovation Fund recipient, Kelly Grindrod, aims to determine if computer-based education (CBE) can help Ontario pharmacists in point-of-care testing (POCT) for patients.

QC blazes trail in claims for services

JANUARY 2023 - Claims for services soar in Quebec and hold steady in other provinces. Flu shots are down, but still ahead of pre-pandemic numbers.

Embracing change: Box Labs, Ontario

JANUARY 2023 - Pharmacist Michael Demian fulfills his dream of building a cloud-based platform that connects the POS with dispensing, clinical services and billing.