Prezhotnuts@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 3 months agoLoblaw’s health care empire is growing. But can it earn the trust of Canadian patients?www.theglobeandmail.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkLoblaw’s health care empire is growing. But can it earn the trust of Canadian patients?www.theglobeandmail.comPrezhotnuts@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 3 months agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePixel@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoLoblaw/Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacists work on quotas, and the pressure to dispense as quickly as possible causes them to miss obvious and serious drug interactions. The quota system for prescriptions is an actual pressing threat to patient safety. In BC, if you take more than 3 prescription drugs, pharmacists can bill the province for a medication review (around $80 last time I checked). The medication review is supposed to be a minimum of 30 minutes, improve the patient’s treatment plan, etc. SDM would literally turn this into a pure box-checking exercise to claim the $80 in 3 minutes or less.
Loblaw/Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacists work on quotas, and the pressure to dispense as quickly as possible causes them to miss obvious and serious drug interactions. The quota system for prescriptions is an actual pressing threat to patient safety.
In BC, if you take more than 3 prescription drugs, pharmacists can bill the province for a medication review (around $80 last time I checked). The medication review is supposed to be a minimum of 30 minutes, improve the patient’s treatment plan, etc. SDM would literally turn this into a pure box-checking exercise to claim the $80 in 3 minutes or less.