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I signed up because I think that it’s important for patients to have access to care. I live and work in a rural region where we continue to lose family practitioners, and I want to be part of the solution. Pharmacists are extremely underutilized in the healthcare sector within our current framework. We are incredibly well positioned to help with the access to healthcare crisis that exists in the province right now. This program is definitely a step in that direction.
Kristen Watt, R.Ph
Kristen's Pharmacy
Ontario, Canada
The onboarding process with MedEssist was incredibly smooth — it was quick, easy, and we felt fully supported from the start. The platform is straightforward and works really well in our workflow. Our patients love the convenience of getting full travel health care right at the pharmacy. We’ve had amazing feedback from our patients — people are genuinely thankful and happy to pay for the service because it saves them time and hassle.
Monika Kalra, R.Ph
Total Care Drugmart
Ontario, Canada
Access to Care has allowed our pharmacy to support our local population in ways that were never possible before. Being near a campus, we often see students who need timely access to care, especially for services like contraception and HPV prevention. A student came in once after seeing our in-store signage about contraception.
Kumail Remtulla, R.Ph
Everest Whole Health Pharmacy
Ontario, Canada
The Access to Care program is an ideal solution that empowers pharmacists to take a leading role in patient care. It's the only model that truly enables pharmacies to operate as pharmacist-led clinics, bridging the gap between community care and clinical services. With technology that's intuitive and purpose-built for pharmacy, MedEssist has made it easy for us to successfully expand services like travel health.
Ramez Girgis, R.Ph
Guardian Discount Pharmacy
Ontario, Canada
Access to Care has been instrumental in expanding the role of our pharmacy far beyond minor ailment prescribing. We've been able to assess patients, support their treatment needs, and even provide essential supplies like diabetic products and inhaler spacers when physicians were unavailable or inaccessible. Without this program, delivering this level of comprehensive and valuable care to our community would not have been possible.
Jonathan Tsui, R.Ph
Findlay Creek Pharmacy
Ontario, Canada
MedEssist’s Access to Care program: Pharmacies use new technologies to fill primary care void
New program from MedEssist helps Ontario pharmacists add key clinic services.
Community pharmacies in Ontario are stepping further into primary care with the launch of MedEssist’s Access to Care program.
The pharmacist-led technology company has developed a software model that allows pharmacies to offer clinic-style services, supported by digital workflows, clinical protocols and marketing resources.
Working in collaboration with physicians and nurse practitioners—and guided by patient intake forms and workflow guides—Ontario pharmacists can provide assessments and prescriptions on demand. Prescribers authorize condition-specific workflows and all clinical variables.
Access to Care allows Ontario pharmacists to offer treatments for more conditions
MedEssist’s new Access to Care service allows Ontario pharmacists to offer prescriptions for shingles, birth control, erectile dysfunction, diabetes supplies, inhaler chambers, HPV vaccination and a history of anaphylaxis.
Pharmacists who use the program assess patients with an interactive clinical workflow created by nurse practitioners (NPs) or physicians.
The workflow begins with a digital intake form, and the pharmacists complete an assessment form with the patient. If a prescription is indicated and there are no red flags, the pharmacist can choose from a list of medications and offer a prescription on the spot. That’s because it’s considered a digitized medical directive from the NP or MD who made it. The prescriptions are reviewed later by those professionals.
