Nakhla Nardine, Shiamptanis Anastasia
School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, 10A Victoria St. S., Kitchener, ON N2G 1C5, Canada.
Ontario College of Pharmacists, 483 Huron St., Toronto, ON M5R 2R4, Canada.
Pharmacy (Basel). 2021 Apr 27;9(2):96. doi: 10.3390/pharmacy9020096.
To date, eight of ten Canadian provinces have authorized pharmacists to prescribe for minor ailments. Prompted by a request by the Ontario Minister of Health, draft regulations were submitted to enable this pharmacy service in Ontario. Differences exist in how jurisdictions have approached development and delivery of these programs. This paper will summarize key differences and similarities among existing programs while highlighting the multi-pronged approach utilized by Ontario. Such an approach involved broad stakeholder engagement, implementation science, and an evaluations framework to guide an assessment of the impact of this new service. These insights can be leveraged by other jurisdictions planning to initiate or evolve their minor ailment prescribing services.
迄今为止，加拿大十个省份中有八个已授权药剂师为轻症疾病开处方。应安大略省卫生部长的要求，提交了法规草案，以便在安大略省开展这项药房服务。各司法管辖区在这些项目的开发和提供方式上存在差异。本文将总结现有项目之间的主要差异和相似之处，同时突出安大略省采用的多管齐下的方法。这种方法涉及广泛的利益相关者参与、实施科学以及一个评估框架，以指导对这项新服务影响的评估。其他计划启动或改进其轻症疾病开处方服务的司法管辖区可以借鉴这些见解。
