Other Professional Resources

Clinical Practice

• 2007 Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidemia and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease by Pharmacists [PDF]
• Canadian Collaboration for Immigrant and Refugee Health Knowledge Exchange Network (Includes a link to Evidence-based Clinical Guidelines for Immigrants and Refugees)
• Canadian Guideline for Safe and Effective Use of Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain
• The Canadian Virtual Hospice
• Trip Database

Drug Distribution

• Canadian Pharmaceutical Bar Coding Project
  * includes the (2010) Joint Technical Paper on Pharmaceutical Automated Identification and Product Database Requirements [PDF]
• WHO Guidelines for Drug Donations [PDF]

Patient Safety

• Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI)
• CPSI Disclosure Guidelines
• CPSI Safety Competencies Framework
• ISMP Canada
• ISMP Canada Bulletin
• MedEffect™ Canada (adverse reaction and reporting program)
• Patient Safety Crosswalk
• PatientOrderSets.com
• Medication Reconciliation Intervention of Safer Healthcare Now!
  • In a acute care
  • In long term care
  • In home care
• SafeMedicationUse.ca

Health Literacy

• FIP & CHEO Pictogram Software
• National Literacy and Health Program

General Information about Pharmacy Practice

• 2008 Global Conference on the Future of Hospital Pharmacy (hosted by the FIP Hospital Pharmacy Section)
• Basel Consensus Statements
• Blueprint for Pharmacy
• European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy
• Hospital Pharmacy in Canada
• Moving Forward: Pharmacy Human Resources for the Future

Health Research

• Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
• CONSORT (CONsolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) Statement
• National Institutes of Health
• National Literacy and Health Program
• Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Statement

Drug Information Centres

Faculties of Pharmacy

Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities & Related Organizations

Voluntary Pharmacy Associations

Pharmaceutical Industry-related Organizations

• Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D)
• Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association (CGPA)
• Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB)

General Healthcare Organizations

• Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations (ACAHO)
• Canadian College of Health Service Executives (CCHSE)
• Accreditation Canada
• Canadian Healthcare Association (CHA)