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Jan 7, 2025 | 
journals.sagepub.com | Stephanie Gysel |Ross T. Tsuyuki
Get full access to this articleView all access and purchase options for this article. Data availability statementData requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis and can made by contacting the corresponding author. References1. May Measure Month. About. May Measurement Month. April 9, 2021. Available: https://maymeasure.org/about/ (accessed Dec. 3, 2023). 2. World Health Organization. Global report on hypertension: the race against a silent killer. 2023.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Ross T. Tsuyuki
1 HEART FAILURE: PREVALENT, HIGH-RISK AND COMPLEX Heart failure is a prevalent and high-risk clinical syndrome.1, 2 Among individuals aged 80 year and older, it affects at least 10% of the population and on geriatric hospital wards, up to 30%–35% have heart failure.3, 4 Multiple therapies are available to prevent and manage heart failure.2 Pursuing the now-standard quadruple therapy, consisting of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor (RAAS-I), beta blocker, sodium glucose...
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
journals.sagepub.com | Shania Liu |Ross T. Tsuyuki |Danielle Paes
Background and introductionPrimary care is a model of care that serves as the foundation of the health system, underpinning Canadians’ access to care for everyday and lifelong health care needs.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
journals.sagepub.com | Ross T. Tsuyuki
No doubt you have seen the recent report from the Ontario College of Pharmacists (OCP), “Under stress and duress: The prevalence and impact of corporate influence on pharmacy professional autonomy and wellbeing: An analysis of OCP registrant survey and town hall responses.”1 It doesn’t paint a pretty picture of modern pharmacy practice. Briefly, the OCP surveyed registrants in the spring of 2024, receiving about 4300 responses, and held 4 town hall meetings, which had 1300 participants.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
journals.sagepub.com | Kaitlyn Watson |Ross T. Tsuyuki |Dave Dixon |Shania Liu
IntroductionA few years ago, we reviewed the evidence for pharmacists as accessible primary health care providers and concluded that “the evidence suggests that pharmacists play a major primary care role that is enhanced by their accessibility.”1 Indeed, the statement “pharmacists are the most accessible health care provider” is used frequently.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
cmaj.ca | Cara Tannenbaum |Ross T. Tsuyuki |Epidemiology Coordinating
Recent legislative and regulatory changes have supported a broadening of the scope of pharmacists’ practice across Canada. Under the authority of these new regulations, hospital- and community-based pharmacists are able to renew, refuse to fill, adjust or substitute prescriptions. Pharmacists may also initiate drug therapy for certain self-limiting conditions, order and interpret laboratory tests, and administer injections and vaccines.
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May 31, 2024 | 
journals.sagepub.com | Kaitlyn Watson |Jonathan Chan |Bo Pan |Ross T. Tsuyuki
•Educational programs designed for health care professionals are often not evaluated at the patient care level to determine impact on patient outcomes. •Pharmacists completed the Hypertension Canada Professional Certification Program (HC-PCP) and then provided care according to the program and guideline recommendations. •The HC-PCP taken by pharmacists resulted in a 4.76 mmHg greater systolic blood pressure reduction in their patients over 3 months, compared to usual care.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
journals.sagepub.com | Shania Liu |Ross T. Tsuyuki
Years ago, pharmacy organizations in Canada were forced to split into regulatory and advocacy groups. This made sense because of potential conflicts of interest in protecting the public versus advocating for pharmacists. Lately, we have heard some buzz about whether advocacy organizations are able to balance advocacy for pharmacists against advocacy for pharmacy owners. Advocacy for the pharmacy profession has been a growing topic of debate in Canada over recent decades.
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Feb 1, 2024 | 
journals.sagepub.com | Stephanie Gysel |Ross T. Tsuyuki
A national trend has started—the “pharmacist primary care clinic.” We first reported on this in the Journal in early 2023,1 and since then, numerous corporate pharmacy chains and independent pharmacies have started to open “pharmacy clinics” across the country. Pharmacists are primary care providers and always have been.
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Dec 8, 2023 | 
journals.sagepub.com | Daniel Burton |Stephanie Gysel |Ross T. Tsuyuki
Obesity is a chronic, relapsing and often progressive disease. Obesity Canada defines obesity as an excess or abnormal body fat that impairs health.1 In Canada, the prevalence of obesity has increased by three-fold over the last 30 years and is now affecting 1 in 4 adults and 1 in 10 children.1 Unfortunately, this problem is only predicted to get worse. Importantly, obesity is not a “lifestyle disease”—no one chooses to have obesity.
