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General members of the BC Pharmacy Association will have an easier ability to vote for their Board members with the introduction of electronic voting this fall.

In the 24-hour news cycle we live in, we see issues come in waves. For days on end a crisis or scandal of the day is everywhere on traditional and social media, only to be replaced by the next one.

BC Pharmacy Association members can expect some exciting and engaging changes at this year’s annual conference, which will take place in Vancouver for the first time in more than a decade.

All too often, I hear pharmacists say the reason they do not offer more professional (non-dispensing) services is because they do not have the time or resources to implement such services. While an increase in services certainly has the capacity to also increase workload, it does not have to. …

In summer 2018, The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA), in collaboration with Doctors of BC and the B.C. provincial government’s Shared Care Committee, launched Coyote’s Food Medicines, an innovative storytelling project and campaign focused on healthy medication use.

There is no shortage of discussion on the opioid epidemic that has hit our province hard over the past several years, from medical papers and government policy to extensive media coverage. Experts from across all sectors of health care are striving to combat this crisis and save lives.