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ABM College: Your Gateway to Pharmacy Assistant Training

In today's fast-paced world, the healthcare industry is evolving rapidly, and with it, the roles of healthcare professionals are expanding. Among these critical roles is that of the pharmacy assistant, a position that demands both knowledge and adaptability. ABM College in Calgary recognizes this demand and offers a comprehensive Pharmacy Assistant Diploma program that is now available online, providing flexibility and accessibility to students across Canada.

This article will delve into the pharmacy assistant course offered at ABM College Calgary Campus, highlighting the benefits of the program, the convenience of online learning, and why this could be the stepping stone you need for a career in pharmacy.

What is a Pharmacy Assistant?

Pharmacy assistants play a pivotal role in the operation of pharmacies. They work under the supervision of licensed pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to ensure customers receive the correct medication and understand how to use it. Their duties can include processing prescriptions, managing inventory, providing customer service, and handling administrative tasks.

With the healthcare sector expanding, there is a growing need for well-trained pharmacy assistants. The right education and training can set you on a path to a rewarding career in the health services industry.

Why Choose ABM College for Your Pharmacy Assistant Diploma?

ABM College is known for its dedication to providing high-quality education that aligns with industry standards. Their Pharmacy Assistant Diploma program is no exception. Here's why you should consider enrolling in their program:

Experienced Instructors

The program is led by experienced instructors who have worked in the field and understand the practical demands of the job. They provide students with insights into the pharmaceutical industry and guide them through the intricacies of their future roles.

Hands-On Training

Even though the program is offered online, ABM College ensures that students receive practical training. Virtual simulations and interactive activities are incorporated into the coursework to give students a feel for the real-world tasks they will encounter.

Career Services

ABM College supports its graduates through comprehensive career services, including resume writing assistance, interview preparation, and job placement support. The college has a network of industry contacts that can help graduates find employment opportunities.

The Online Advantage

In an increasingly digital world, online education provides numerous benefits. Let's take a look at how ABM College's online Pharmacy Assistant Diploma program stands out:

Flexibility and Convenience

The online format allows you to balance your studies with personal and professional commitments. You can access course materials from anywhere, at any time, making it easier to integrate learning into your busy life.

Access to Resources

Students enrolled in the online program have access to the same resources as those attending in-person classes. This includes online libraries, lecture notes, and other learning materials that are essential for success.

Interactive Learning Environment

ABM College's online platform is designed to be interactive and engaging. Discussion forums, live chat sessions with instructors, and group projects encourage collaboration and communication among students, creating a vibrant learning community.

Cutting-Edge Technology

The program utilizes the latest educational technologies to deliver content and facilitate learning. From virtual labs to simulation software, students gain experience with the tools they'll use in their careers as pharmacy assistants.

Program Details

The Pharmacy Assistant Diploma program at ABM College is comprehensive and takes a well-rounded approach to prepare students for their careers. Here's an overview of what to expect:

Course Structure

The program is structured to cover all critical aspects of pharmaceutical training. Courses include:

Introduction to Pharmacy

Pharmacy Law and Ethics

Pharmacy Mathematics

Pharmacology

Prescription Processing

Over-the-Counter Medications

Compounding

Pharmacy Software Practice

Duration of the Program

The Pharmacy Assistant Diploma program is designed to be completed within a specific timeframe, allowing students to enter the workforce promptly. Contact ABM College for current program duration and start dates.

Admission Requirements

To be eligible for the program, applicants must meet certain academic and technical requirements. Prospective students should have a high school diploma or equivalent and meet the college's English language proficiency standards. Technical requirements include a reliable internet connection and access to a computer.

Career Opportunities

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Graduates of the Pharmacy Assistant Diploma program can look forward to a variety of career opportunities. Employment can be found in:

Community Pharmacies

Hospital Pharmacies

Long-term Care Facilities

Pharmaceutical Distribution Companies

Pharmacy Benefit Management Companies

Pharmacy assistants can also use this diploma as a stepping stone to further their education and pursue roles as pharmacy technicians or pharmacists.

How to Apply

ABM College has streamlined the application process for the Pharmacy Assistant Diploma program. Interested individuals can apply online through the college's website. Applicants will need to provide transcripts and meet the admission requirements outlined above.

Financial Aid

ABM College offers various financial aid options to help students fund their education. This can include scholarships, bursaries, student loans, and payment plans. Prospective students should consult with the financial aid office to explore what options are available to them.

Conclusion

The Pharmacy Assistant Diploma online at ABM College Calgary Campus provides an accessible path to a fulfilling career in the pharmaceutical industry. With a robust curriculum, experienced instructors, and the flexibility of online learning, students are well-equipped to meet the demands of this growing field.

For those looking to enter the healthcare sector, or for professionals aiming to expand their skills, this program offers the training and support needed to succeed. Take the first step towards your future as a pharmacy assistant by exploring what ABM College has to offer.

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Embark on your journey to becoming an integral part of the healthcare team. Visit ABM College's website to learn more about the Pharmacy Assistant Diploma program and start your application today.

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London Drugs in Western Canada began the gradual reopening of stores after six days of closures.

In an update Monday morning, the company said 40 stores were open and it is aiming to have all 79 stores open by the end of Tuesday. However, some pharmacy services won’t be available “due to connectivity issues.”

The closures were due to a cybersecurity “incident” that happened last Sunday.

A list of stores that are currently open is online. As of Monday, it included two in Calgary and two in Edmonton.

“We ask for patience as we work with each store to ensure it is operating fully to meet the needs of our customers,” said London Drugs staff in a release. [...]

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Resurface 9 - Rebalance

Stepping away from the main event a little for a look at how the Tinies are doing…

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Thunderbird Two sat steaming on the icy concrete of the hospital’s helipad. It was a bright morning in Calgary but everything was deeply, deeply white. It was only marginally above eyeball-freezing temperature and it would definitely have been more sensible to wait for Grandma to finish whatever argument she was having with the pharmacy inside… either inside the ship, or the hospital. But Gordon didn’t seem to want to do either of those and Alan sort of got it, so… here they were.

Alan paced the length of the big green behemoth. Slowly. Carefully, testing each step before putting his weight on that foot. He didn’t want to slip and cause an incident. If only they’d suited up his uniform boots would have been far more grippy… and warmer. Still, he needed to concentrate on something and the act of walking was, ironically, safer ground than most of the other options. He shivered.

“You alright, Allie?”

“Sure, why wouldn’t I be?” He didn’t look around. Focussed on placing his feet one at a time into the footprints he left on the last pass.

“Well I dunno, perhaps the horrifying experience of our most consistent, reliable elder brother suddenly losing his sanity, yelling at our dead father and nearly throwing himself and Scott down a cliff?”

Alan flinched. Then looked down at Gordon who was crouched by one of Two’s struts, looking for all the world like a kicked puppy. He looked young, and lost and in need of a big brother. But right now there weren’t any available, only Alan the perpetual younger brother. Alan the baby who needed protecting from everything. Alan the small and incompetent who hid a terrible secret inside.

If Gordon knew… if Scott and John knew… what if Virgil told them? Did Virgil even know?

He may only have been a little kid but he had been smart enough to know he’d messed up. Smart enough to join the dots between his clumsiness and Virgil getting sick. He hadn’t been smart enough to understand why one brother had left him, but he had known he was to blame for nearly losing the second.

He grit his teeth and started pacing again.

And then paused and made a U-turn back to where his usually irrepressibly sunshiney brother huddled, stony-faced in the shadow of his wingman’s ship. Alan crouched alongside him and they both stared into the distance for a while.

“This sucks.” He ventured.

“Yup.”

“You alright?”

“No.”

Alan let out a humourless laugh.

“Sorry, stupid question.”

“I asked it too.”

“Yeah, and I lied. Sorry.”

“S’ok.”

He really wasn’t very good at this. He tried to think what Scott or Virgil would do, and mostly the talking bit happened later… the first response to a sad sibling usually boiled down to one of those magical all-encompassing big brother hugs. But surely he needed to be bigger than Gordon for that to work? Alan was the baby, he didn’t have the arms for it. Didn’t have the presence.

Yet… maybe it wasn’t about size. Thunderbird Three was, after all, a lot bigger than Two. But Two’s wings had an unparalleled ability to shelter them all. While Three was adventure, Two was safety. And Four, Alan realised, depended on her more than any of them.

Right now Four needed Two badly.

But Three was better than nothing.

He held his breath and reached around Gordon’s shoulders and pulled him close. His elder brother stiffened for a moment, clearly conflicted. Then seemed to melt into Alan’s side with a gasp. Alan wrapped his other arm around him and squeezed tighter.

“What if we don’t get him back, Alan?”

“We will. He will be ok.”

“You don’t know that.”

“No, but… I’m hoping really really hard.”

“I guess that’s all we’ve got.”

“That and… we always have each other? Tracys stick together no matter what, right?”

Gordon huffed a small laugh from somewhere in the vicinity of Alan’s armpit.

“What?”

“You’re just a teeny tiny Scott clone, you know that right?”

“I’m not that small!”

Alan flicked Gordon on the ear. Gordon jabbed him in the side which made him squeal uncontrollably. They scrabbled for a few moments before both tipped over and lay there for a minute, laughing the kind of laughs you laugh when the only other option is to cry.

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Sally hurried out of the lift, dragging a small suitcase and clutching the paper pharmacy bag she’d had to shout down three junior pharmacists and two senior to obtain. Turned out, even when you have the consultant psychiatrist convinced, the pharma team were very reluctant to dispense an older drug, even if it had been proven to work well on a particular patient in the past. She didn’t have time to mess about with the shiny new third gen antipsys when she didn’t know how her boy would react. She just needed some certainty. They all did. That she’d managed to make them see sense without having to use the Name was professionally satisfying. She didn’t really want to risk that kind of speculation right now. People could be unkind about things they didn’t understand.

Somewhat apprehensive as to what state Gordon and Alan might be in, she was surprised, although not unpleasantly, to find both younger brothers on their feet, brushing slush from their clothes and hair… flicking it at each other just a little more than seemed strictly necessary. She raised an eyebrow in askance then lowered it, deciding not to go there. Whatever kept these two going right now was fine by her. She hugged them both briefly but hard, then heaved the case on to the platform.

“Right boys, let’s go home.”

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Vax and relax with no access to the vax. I'm sure that will work out just fine.

By Teri Fikowski

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Alberta rolled out its fall immunization campaign on Tuesday, but people hoping to get both a flu and COVID-19 vaccine at the same time might have to wait, with many pharmacies yet to receive a shipment of the new COVID shots.

"We were expecting to get flu and COVID shots together, so that was the plan initially, but just prior to the launch, we were told the vaccines would be a little delayed for COVID," said Nisma Shaukat, the pharmacist at Copperfield Pharmasave.

In September, Alberta Health announced both vaccines would be available on Oct. 15(opens in a new tab).

While many pharmacies are unable to open bookings until delivery of the shots, others were forced to cancel bookings on Tuesday.

"It's certainly inconvenient for people, especially when a lot of them heard through radio commercials and things like that that everything would be available together on the 15th," Shaukat said.

"So, many are coming in together, expecting to do both and we have to tell them, 'No, we only have one available at the moment.'"

Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says a "glitch" involving a distributor, McKesson, has led to the delay in shipments.

"I'm assured they are rolling out the vaccine products and vaccine themselves to pharmacies and AHS clinics and will have everyone full-supplied by the end of the week."

Previously, the province blamed distribution problems(opens in a new tab) for family doctors not getting access to flu shots to administer.

Now, it's pharmacists who worry the delay may make it difficult to get people back through the doors for another appointment, citing a slowdown in vaccine uptake in Alberta.

During the 2023-24 flu season, 1.1 million Albertans received a flu shot, the majority through pharmacies and clinics.

That's about 140,000 people fewer than the previous year.

"It slowed down some, no question there. Last year, I think the flu numbers were half the peak and that's also why we had a really bad flu year," said David Brewerton with Lukes Drug Mart.

He describes the delay as a minor inconvenience but said Albertans shouldn't hesitate to get the shot as soon as they can, with a new strain of COVID-19 circulating.

"They should get it soon," he said.

"The fellow I just gave it to now has a person at work already and they've got other people with it. There is certainly COVID going around, there is no question there."

Health experts worry about what kind of impact a delay in vaccines will have on the upcoming respiratory virus season.

"The problem is low uptake today is going to a lead to a problem not tomorrow, not three weeks from now, but Christmastime when we're going to have all the hospitals overflowing," said microbiologist Jason Tetro.

He accuses the province of doing little to encourage Albertans to get vaccinated, citing what he describes as a lack of a fall immunization campaign, due to ideological reasons.

"Politicization of the vaccine has made a huge impact, so now we have right versus left but at the end of the day, getting a jab in your arm shouldn't be political," he said.

LaGrange said the province invested $500,000 to immunization campaigns, the same as the previous year.

A delivery date for the COVID-19 vaccine is dependent on pharmacies, so Albertans are encouraged to check in or check online for appointments.

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based on a True Story of just yesterday. I say ok i won't be mean to ed and then suddenly he's sobbing on the pharmacy floor I can't help it!! he looks like a sop but he is a sop with a background in theatre, okay.

do you ever notice that Banff and Jasper kind of take up a Lot of Space in calendars, lol... this is an issue that Ed pretends he's not sensitive about but considering these things keep happening to him, i mean, actually more than once. (Who do they think we are??? Calgary??????). All this on top of his battle with google to change his profile pic too.

anyway have some nice photos of edmonton i took these past few months that are by no means professional but i like them

edmonton :) yeah.

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Maureen Harper - phaware® interview 495

Maureen Harper, a CTEPH patient from Canada, shares her journey with this rare condition. She initially thought she had an infection in her leg, but further tests revealed enlarged pulmonary arteries and multiple blood clots in her lungs. After being diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension, she underwent a complex surgery in Toronto to attempt to remove the clots. Maureen continues to work full-time as a pharmacy technician, remains active with her family and Girl Guide unit, and maintains a positive outlook, choosing to focus on the positives rather than dwell on the negatives.

I am Maureen Harper, and I’m from Olds, Alberta and I’m a CTEPH patient. I had a lump on the front of my leg, on my shin. It looked like an infection, so the doctors put me on antibiotics. So I did six weeks of oral antibiotics, six days of IV antibiotics, and it kept growing. They decided it was not an infection, so they sent me to a dermatologist. The dermatologist was like, “Well, that’s weird.” And by this point, of course the lump is gone because that was six months later. So, he’s like, “I think it might be something else.” He sent me for an X-ray. The X-ray showed I had an enlarged pulmonary trunk, so he’s like, “Oh, you’re not mine.” He sent me to a cardiologist.   The cardiologist put me on the treadmill to do a stress test, and my heart did great and my oxygen just kept dropping and dropping and dropping. So, they pulled me off the treadmill and I’m like, “Just give me a minute. I recover really quick. I can pop back on and we can finish this. She’s like, “No, no, you can’t.” The cardiologist was like, “Wow, that’s weird. Let’s do a V/Q scan and just rule out pulmonary embolism, so make sure you don’t have blood clots in your lungs.” We went into the V/Q scan. My husband and I were sitting there together and we’re waiting for results. They’re like, “Yeah, the radiologist wanted to talk to you. We’re going to move you to this waiting room.”   They moved us to a waiting room by ourselves. Then, some other people got moved into our waiting room. They moved us to another waiting room, and some more people got added to that waiting room. So, they moved us to a third waiting room. I looked at my husband and went, “Something’s wrong.” He was like, “What do you mean?” I’m said, “They just keep putting us in waiting rooms by ourselves.” He was like, “Oh.” The radiologist came out and said, “So you’ve got embolisms in your lungs and a lot. How are you feeling?” I’m like, “Fine.”    I got to go see my cardiologist. He said, “Yeah, you’re not my patient. We need to treat you now.” He put me on a blood thinner and said, “You need to see a pulmonologist.” That’s how I ended up in the PH clinic. I had one meeting with them and they immediately wanted to do a right heart cath to see what was going on. I was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension. Then, a little while later, we did some more testing and that’s when we figured out it was CTEPH.   My doctor in Calgary actually didn’t think I would qualify for the surgery, just where all my clots and stuff were, but they sent my stuff off to Toronto anyway. It came back saying, yeah, they think they could help. I was originally booked into surgery at the end of August. I’m said, “Oh my God, I can’t do the end of August.” My daughters had just graduated. They were starting college, and I’m like, “They can’t start college without mom.” I still need to be there in case they need some support or the paperwork didn’t go through or whatever. So, we bumped it until October.   It all kind of goes really quickly. You get flown out to Toronto from Alberta, and we flew out Friday, spent Friday night in a hotel. Saturday, I got admitted into the hospital to start heparin therapy and blood thinning therapy to help make sure I’m safe for surgery. I was there Saturday and Sunday. Monday morning around 6:30, they came in and said, “It’s time to go.” They roll you down. The surgery eight to nine hours. Then, you’re sedated for 24 hours just to give your body a chance to recover. My husband did not enjoy that 24-hour period. I did not wake up from sedation really well. They took three different tries to get me to wake up.    Then, you start the recovery process. We were in Toronto for nine days, flew home. I did really well for the first week or so, and then my daughter came home from work one day and looked at me and said, “Mom, you don’t look very good.” I said, “I don’t feel very good.” I’ve got a headache, and I’m just off. She said, “All right, let’s go.” She packed me off to the hospital and they took one look at me, went, “Well, get comfy, you’re staying.”   We were in a small hospital. I spent a week there and came home for a couple of days and got sick again. That’s when I ended up in the Peter Lougheed for a week. It was a bit of a bumpy ride, but at least I was home for the bumpy part of it. The part in Toronto went pretty smooth. After we did the couple of weeks in and out of hospitals, I actually did really well. I was still working. I worked through the entire process. I would work an eight hour a day and then I could walk four kilometers at night. I was feeling great and doing really well for about 18 months, and then I couldn’t walk anymore.   They did another right heart cath and discovered that my pressures actually had gone up and instead of CTEPH being a cure for me, they were able to get out the big clots, but there’s a bunch of little clots that are very distal, so very deep in my lungs, and they couldn’t get to those. So, those ones get to stay, and I still get to have CTEPH. Medically, they called the surgery unsuccessful.   My husband and I kind of batted that around a little bit, and he said, “It wasn’t unsuccessful. They took out massive clots out of your lungs.” Even though my lung didn’t improve and doesn’t work like it’s supposed to, at least those clots are out of there. So, I might still have little ones all through, but I still have less clot that’s in there. My angiogram before surgery and post-surgery, according to my doctor, looked pretty much the same, so it really didn’t make any difference to my lungs, but at least I’m not fighting the extra clots that were in there.   Medically going forward, I am on oxygen therapy. I’m on Adempas, which is made specifically for CTEPH, and I’m on ambrisentan, which also works for PH. We’re just trying to see if we can figure out a way to figure out my symptoms versus what my blood work says. My blood work says I’m doing real good, but going for a walk says I’m not doing real good.    So not much changed in my life. I work a 40-hour work week. I’m a pharmacy technician, so I’m on my feet all day in a very busy pharmacy. I have three kids. They’re all technically grown-ups now. Then, I have a Girl Guide unit and we do crafts and activities. We go to camps and do everything all the other Girl Guide units can do, and we just kind of keep carrying on like we normally would.   If I’m taking my Girl Guides camp or anything, we go on hikes. Previously, I was able to carry my tank in a backpack, because I didn’t need as much oxygen as I do now. Now, I have my tanks in a rolly cart and it just rolls behind me. We start at the beginning of the year with, “This is my friend, I call him Big Tom.” He comes everywhere with us and he helps me breathe, and they don’t bat an eye at it. Hopefully, from that what they learn is people with disabilities can do stuff too. There’s nothing holding us back. We can do whatever we want.   I guess it was never an option for me that I wouldn’t continue working. I’ve always worked my whole life. The company I was with, I’d been with for many, many years when I got diagnosed. I’d been there about 11 years when I got diagnosed. My pharmacy team and my owner were fantastic and wanted to know what they could do to help. For a lot of the time, it didn’t make any difference. I pop a couple pills a day and they don’t know about it or they don’t do anything about it.   As things have progressed, it has changed. I took time off to go for surgery and stuff like that. Then, when I got put on oxygen, we put a concentrator in the pharmacy and ran tubing. Then, when I could go to a tank, which was easier, I put it in a backpack and I carried it in a backpack and COVID had hit. So when I got put on oxygen, I was wearing a mask. I wear my tubing down my front because I trip on it because I’m a bit of a klutz. Lots of customers didn’t even know I was on oxygen until we stopped wearing masks a couple of years ago. Then, they were all really surprised to see that that’s what I had been doing, but to me, it was never an option to quit, because I didn’t feel sick enough that I needed to quit.   As a support team, I’ve got my husband and I’ve got my three kids and they’ve always got my back. They’ll do whatever I need. If I can’t carry something, then they carry it for me. When I was using tanks at work, my son would bring my extra tanks in, so there was always tanks there for me to switch out.    I’ve been a part of PHA Canada since probably 2018 or so, but I felt like a lot of those people were sicker than I was. I didn’t need their support or it felt like I didn’t need their support. I was always kind of in the background on the Facebook group, just kind of chilling and reading. Most of the people weren’t working and most of the people were having a lot of issues and I wasn’t, so I didn’t feel like I needed the extra support that they had.   I’ve always been a busy person, and I find if you’re busy, then you don’t have time to kind of dwell on the what ifs. PH is not my only chronic condition. I had brain surgery 10 years ago. If you Google the stuff, if you look it up online, it’s terrifying. In my brain surgery group, everybody’s terrified of dying on the table and I’m like, “Oh, that didn’t even really dawn on me, because I trust my surgeons.” So through the brain surgery, through the lung surgery, neither time did it dawn on me or did I dwell on the fact that this is a life-threatening surgery, I could die on it. During the CTEPH surgery, the PTE surgery, they actually stop your heart and your lungs quite a few times as they clean out the clots, so you’re technically dead on the table, because there’s nothing flowing through your system.   But I didn’t look at it that way. Somebody else told me, “You’re dead on the table.” And I’m like, “What? No, no, they’re just busy working. They just need a clean field.” It’s all mentally how you look at it. As a pharmacy technician, in the medical field a bit, I have some more knowledge than maybe the average person, so it didn’t scare me as much as some other people who are maybe not in the field. 

I’ve dealt with a lot of negative people in my life, so I find that you can get up every morning and choose to be happy or you can choose to be miserable. I just choose to be happy. I’m always kind of trying to look for the happy outcomes or the happy side of things in order to keep things positive. If you choose to be miserable, you can have a really miserable life, but I’ve decided to be happy and try to find the positive in everything.   I’m Maureen Harper and I’m aware that I’m rare.

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ISPORs 2024 HEOR Awards

ISPOR’s 2024 HEOR Awards https://ift.tt/9nIc4hx Who won the ISPOR’s 2024 HEOR awards? The list is below. Avedis Donabedian Lifetime Achievement Award: C. Daniel Mullins, PhD; Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research and Executive Director of The PATIENTS Program; University of Maryland School of Pharmacy; Baltimore, MD, USA Marilyn Dix Smith Leadership Award: Deborah Marshall, PhD; Professor and Svare Chair in Health Economics, Value, and Impact; University of Calgary; Calgary, Alberta, CA  Bernie O’Brien New Investigator Award: Natalia Kunst, PhD; Senior Research Fellow (Associate Professor); Centre for Health Economics; University of York; York, England, UK Low- and Middle Income Country (LMIC) Health Economics and Outcomes Research Excellence Award: Nelson Rafael Alvis-Guzman, MD, PhD; Professor, Universidad of Cartagena; Cartagena, Colombia Award for Excellence in Health Economics and Outcomes Research Methodology: William Padula, PhD; Assistant Professor, University of Southern California; Los Angeles, CA, USA for the article, “Predicting pressure injury risk in hospitalised patients using machine learning with electronic health records: a US multilevel cohort study;” [BMJ Open. 2024;14(4): e082540.] Award for Excellence in Health Economics and Outcomes Research Application: Inmaculada Hernandez, PhD; Professor, University of California San Diego; San Diego, CA, USA for the article, ”Changes In net prices and spending for pharmaceuticals after the introduction of new therapeutic competition.” [Health Aff (Millwood). 2023;42(8):1062-1070.] Value in Health Paper of the Year Award: Aurélie A. Meunier, MSc; Director, Modelling, HEOR, Putnam; London, England, UK for the article, “Distributional cost-effectiveness analysis of health technologies: data requirements and challenges.” [Value Health. 2023;26(1):60-63.] Value in Health Regional Issues Excellent Article Award: Carleigh B. Krubiner, PhD; Bioethics Lead, Wellcome; London, England, UK for the article, “The value of explicit, deliberative, and context-specified ethics analysis for health technology assessment: evidence from a novel approach piloted in South Africa.” [Value Health Reg Issues. 2023;34:23-30] Congratulations to all the winners! via Healthcare Economist https://ift.tt/SdVGYC2 October 17, 2024 at 01:04AM

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Calgary Co-op has agreed to become the majority shareholder in Care Pharmacies, a network of independent retail pharmacies across Canada. Neither company released details about the agreement, like valuations or terms. Headquartered in Vaughan, Ont., and founded in 2013, the pharmacy chain has 56 locations in provinces like P.E.I., Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, and the company says it’s the largest group of independent retail pharmacies controlled by licensed pharmacists in the country. There are 25 Care Pharmacies in Ontario and 15 in British Columbia. Alberta’s lone location is in Manning, Alta. Calgary Co-op’s CEO Ken Keelor said the acquisition, which still is subject to closing conditions and regulatory approvals, is a “tremendous fit” with the cooperative’s focus on growing its health and wellness business.

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