Pathway Health (TSX-V:PHC) Corp announced that it has signed a collaboration agreement with Sunshine Drugs, a family of 15 community-based pharmacies located primarily in southwest Ontario, for the implementation of Pathway's Medical Cannabis Management System (MCMS) in a planned rollout beginning in November 2022.
The integrated healthcare company said the joint initiative has two components: the first consisting of Pathway providing its accredited continuing education course ‘Cannabis and Patient Care for Pharmacists’, which trains pharmacists in patient assessments and current prescription reviews for patient suitability; while the second component involves the implementation of Pathway's MCMS in various Sunshine Pharmacy locations in Canada.
“The Sunshine Drugs Family of Pharmacies is a leader in the transformation of healthcare services from a product-focused model to a patient centric approach that customizes each patient's healthcare plan,” Pathway Health (TSX-V:PHC) CEO Ken Yoon said in a statement.
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“As we anticipate changes from Health Canada to allow for the sale of Cannabis Health Products in pharmacies, forward thinking chains are staking their position as the leaders in education, advice and safety for consumers researching medical cannabis,” Yoon added.
Pathway's MCMS was designed to be implemented in retail pharmacies, with the overarching goals of providing access points for medical cannabis care and enabling pharmacists to offer medical cannabis assessments to appropriate pharmacy patients, according to the company.
It noted that under the MCMS, patients are then connected to their own general practitioner or a Pathway physician/nurse practitioner for further evaluation through either physical or telemedicine care.
The company added that the MCMS offers patient assessment tools for the pharmacist including consent forms, marketing material, back-end patient communication, standard operating procedures, and additional continuing education opportunities to over 2,000 pharmacies across Canada.
Pathway Health (TSX-V:PHC) is one of the largest providers of out-of-hospital pain management services in Canada, owning and operating nine-community based clinics across four provinces.
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