Ontario pharmacists awarded for telepharmacy work

Bryan Meadows of the Chronicle Journal writes about Colin J. Pienaar and Maritza du Preez, a pair of pharmacists from Sioux Lookout winning an award at the Ontario Pharmacists' Association annual meeting for getting the first Community hospital joined to the Ontario Telemedicine Network:

In an interview Thursday, Pienaar said the couple was very surprised by the recognition.
“We did everything because we felt it was necessary at the time. We realize now that it was quite a lot of groundbreaking stuff – quite surprisingly.”
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When they realized this solution only met their patients‘ needs for pharmacy care one or two days a month, Sioux Lookout Remedy‘s Rx became the first community pharmacy to join the Ontario telemedicine network. Today, a video conferencing unit allows patients to see their pharmacist daily through a live television feed, and patient information materials have been translated into Oji-Cree as has a blister medication reminder card.