Background Alberta was the first province in Canada to enact legislative changes to permit
expansion of pharmacists' scope of practice, including allowing pharmacists to prescribe …

Background: Numerous studies have demonstrated the positive impacts of pharmacists on
patient outcomes. To capitalize on these positive impacts, hospital pharmacy organizations …

Background: Pharmacists are consistently ranked among the most trusted professionals,
and research shows high levels of satisfaction with pharmacist services. Studies have also …

BACKGROUND: Because community pharmacists are encouraged to provide clinical
services, there is a need to determine the role perceptions of both community pharmacists …

Background Careful planning is important for successful implementation and ongoing
provision of enhanced and extended pharmacy services. Objective To explore the factors …

Background: Vision and action plans have been created to address the future of pharmacy
and help pharmacists progress into expanded roles in order to provide more patient-centred …

Background Pharmacists' roles in health care systems are expanding. However, some
patients are slow to accept and make use of this expanded role. Objectives The objectives …

Background The review was carried out to inform the evaluation of the clinical pharmacists
in general practice pilot scheme, a world leading initiative to improve health care delivery in …

Objective To obtain an understanding of how community pharmacists self-describe their
professional role, in order to begin understanding some of the assumptions underlying …

Objectives This study evaluated the barriers and facilitators that were experienced as
pharmacists were integrated into 23 existing primary care teams located in urban and rural …