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Volume 1: Number 1                               V1,N1 en francais

  • Better Use of Technicians. Dalhousie University's Dr. Kristin Janke discusses how efficient use of pharmacy technicians can assist pharmacists in managing the dispensary.
  • Illumination and Errors in  Dispensing reviews how better lighting can reduce errors.
  • Pharmacy Software for The Future. The Canadian Pharmaceutical Association's Dr. Jeff Poston discusses barriers to pharmaceutical care and how new and emerging software will help.
  • Profile: "Bringing a Pharmacy into the '90s profiles Mark Scanlon's Clinic Pharmacy
  • Looking Back at the career of design innovator L. Douglas Schoening.
  • Bar codes and the Dispensary

Volume 1: Number 2                             V1,N2 en francais
  • An Innovative Community Pharmacy Design: Dr.'s Alex Lin and Jose Arantes propose an innovation in dispensary design
  • Pharmacy Software: Pharmacists are increasingly using enhanced software to free themselves from the more mechanical tasks of prescription filling. This article introduces the concept of workflow software.
  • Maximizing Your Technician Resource. Dr. Kristin Janke follows up her earlier essay with tips and techniques to get the most out of your technical help.
  • Profile: Dwight Johnson's People's Drugstore in Armstrong, B.C. A progressive pharmacist explains how a new design and the use of technology made his pharmacists more accessible to customers.
  • Innovators in Pharmacy looks at the career of John Webster Sr.. His vision has changed the face of medication delivery in nursing homes and has helped to re-establish the pharmacist as the primary provider of pharmaceutical care.

Volume 1: Number 3
                              V1,N3 en francais
  • Modifying Delivery Systems for Pharmaceutical Care provides an update on the Pharmaceutical Care Research and Education Project (Alberta, Canada)
  • The Efficient Pharmacist: A student perspective. The president of CAPSI provides a student's perspective on the practice of pharmacy.
  • Pharmacy Design: A textbook case analyzes a typical textbook layout of a dispensary and proposes changes to improve efficiency.
  • Automated Refill Prescription Systems offer on e of the most cost-effective ways to improve pharmacy productivity and customer service.
  • Looking Back at a pioneer in dispensary automation--Kerney Hearst

Volume 1: Number 4                              V1,N4 en francais
  • Does your work get in your way--or is it time? Bev Allen of the University of Saskatchewan's College of Pharmacy and Nutrition discusses the importance of time management in running a community pharmacy practice.
  • Innovation in Pharmacy Practice looks at the career of Ottawa pharmacist Jean Paul Desjardins.
  • Mapping Products Efficiently in a Dispensary. Carole Beaudet argues that Rx products should be located by frequency of use for better efficiencies and reduced errors.
  • Lackman's Pharmacy is profiled as a model of an efficient professional dispensary.


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