OPEN: the Ontario Pharmacy Evidence Network – OPEN: Improving the health of Ontarians through research evidence into medication policy and practice

Evidence-based PPI deprescribing algorithm and information pamphlet
New tools, available in both English and French, to help clinicians decide when and how to safely reduce proton pump inhibitors
Evidence-based benzodiazepine deprescribing algorithm and information pamphlet
New tools, available in both English and French, to help clinicians decide when and how to safely reduce benzodiazepines
Evidence-based antipsychotics deprescribing algorithm
A new tool to help clinicians decide when and how to safely reduce antipsychotics
Improving prescribing, use and health outcomes for older adults
A new OPEN study to explore the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of interventions to integrate quality improvement into community pharmacies

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Review of MedsCheck Diabetes program in Ontario
Findings from OPEN’s four-year review of the MedsCheck Diabetes program published in the Canadian Journal of Diabetes
Stopping unnecessary stomach acid medications
Just published in Canadian Family Physician

First evidence-based deprescribing guideline

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Pharmacists best equipped to personalize medications based on patient’s DNA
Pharmacists can be trained to recommend and apply genetic testing results for their patients to tailor their medications

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CANImmunize — a new app to keep track of your immunization records
The vaccination information you need to help keep you and your loved ones safe can now be found in the palm of your hand.

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Three OPEN researchers receive funding from Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy to support innovative pharmacy practice research
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OPEN awarded $2 million from Ministry of Health and Long-term Care
Over $2 million awarded through the Ministry’s Health System Research Fund to support a suite of new research projects that build on previous OPEN research findings

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White Paper: The future of pharmacy practice is enhanced, connected and transformed

As medication experts and managers on behalf of the health care system, the profession of pharmacy increasingly impacts patients, health care providers, health care system planning organizations, regulators and other stakeholders. This White Paper seeks to provide the profession of pharmacy with critical insight and strategic direction to help envision the future of pharmacy.

The objective of this White Paper is to describe opportunities for the profession of pharmacy in the future, with particular attention to opportunities that encourage the use of existing or expanded scopes of pharmacy practice within the health care system in ways that make a difference in people’s lives.

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PHARMACY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: Enhancing the impact of pharmacy on people’s lives in the context of health care trends, evidence and policies

Pharmacy practice research
improving medication use

Knowledge translation
and exchange

Gender and
vulnerable populations

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