Alberta Welcomes Expansion of Pharmacy Care Clinics in Communities Across Province

The Alberta government says the expansion of pharmacy care clinics across the province could help reduce the strain on the province’s emergency departments and family doctors. Shoppers Drug Mart says it plans to open 44 new pharmacy care clinics across Alberta this year, bringing the total operating in the province to 103. The clinics, located in the store’s pharmacies, provide access to a range of pharmacy health-care services, including assessment and treatment of colds, pink eye, and urinary tract infections. Pharmacists have been given the ability in Alberta to assess patients and prescribe medications for minor illnesses and injuries, administer vaccines and other medications by injection, and help with chronic disease management....