CPE Speaker Series
Zoom
Presenters: Dr. Andrea Murphy and Dr. David Gardner
The research program of Drs. Andrea Murphy and David Gardner centres on the role of the community pharmacist in the care of people living with mental illness and addictions for almost 20 years. They co-developed and implemented the Bloom Program. Dr. Murphy is an Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie. She uses both quantitative and qualitative approaches to intervention design, implementation, and evaluation. Dr. David Gardner is a professor with the Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University.
Presentation: The Bloom Program in Nova Scotia - a prototype pharmacy service
When brainstorming the future of pharmacy, discussants describe working at one's full professional scope, investing in patient-centred, longitudinal clinical services, and an enabling payment model that is independent of product or medication sales. The Bloom Program, which is a new mental health and addictions community pharmacy program, aligns with these ideas. The program emphasizes collaborative, longitudinal, holistic, patient-centred care. To offer the program, pharmacies in Nova Scotia must be approved by the provincial program coordinator after completing a comprehensive 9-step application. They then enrol eligible patients into the program, providing them with enhanced care and support over 6 months to address their prioritized health and medication problems. The origins of the program, its current status, and lessons learned will be discussed at this session.
