QUEBEC CITY – Telus Health and Université Laval are joining forces to provide comprehensive simulation teaching facilities to the university's pharmacy faculty.
Through an investment of more than $300,000 from Telus Health, Laval pharmacy students will gain hands-on experience throughout their academic program, as well as an opportunity to operate Ubik, Telus Health's next-generation pharmacy management platform.
The Ubik platform is a patient-centric, cloud-based, and adaptable pharmacy management solution that enables physicians and pharmacists to communicate electronically for things like electronic renewals of their patients' prescriptions. The technology is currently being deployed across pharmacies in Quebec and will be customized for use in academic settings at Université Laval.
"Pharmacists are a key pillar of our healthcare ecosystem and often the first point of contact for patients”, said Telus Health president Paul Lepage, in the news release. “Educating pharmacy students using technology to allow the expansion of their scope of practice to include an increase in the clinical guidance provided to patients, advances our vision of a connected healthcare system, where physician, pharmacist and patients can exchange information electronically."
