Collaboration Agreement on Pathway Health's Medical Cannabis
Management System in Pharmacy to include the Metro Pharmacy and
Food Basics Pharmacy banners of Metro Ontario Pharmacies
Limited.
TORONTO, Dec. 7, 2021 /CNW/ - Pathway Health, Corp.
("Pathway" or the "Company") (TSXV: PHC) is pleased
to announce that it has signed a Collaboration Agreement (the
"Agreement") with Metro Ontario Pharmacies Limited ("Metro
Ontario Pharmacies"), a subsidiary of Metro Inc. (TSX: MRU),
pertaining to the implementation of Pathway's Medical Cannabis
Management System ("MCMS") in Metro Ontario Pharmacies'
Metro Pharmacy and Food Basics Pharmacy bannered pharmacies across
Ontario.
The joint initiative has two components, the first consisting of
Pathway providing its accredited continuing education course
"Cannabis and Patient Care for Pharmacists" which trains
pharmacists in patient assessments and current prescription reviews
for contraindications. The course meets or exceeds the requirements
of the Canadian Council on Continuing Education in Pharmacy
("CCCEP") and the Ontario
College of Pharmacists as well as being approved for all other
Provinces and in a bi-lingual format. The second initiative
involves the implementation of Pathway's MCMS in Metro Ontario
Pharmacies' pharmacy locations across Ontario.
Pathway's MCMS was designed to be implemented in retail
pharmacies, with the overarching goals of providing access points
for medical cannabis care and enabling pharmacists to offer medical
cannabis assessments to appropriate pharmacy patients. Under the
MCMS, patients are then connected to the patient's own General
Practitioner or a Pathway physician/nurse practitioner for further
evaluation through physical or virtual care. The MCMS has also been
designed to be integrated into a formal medication review for the
pharmacist. The MCMS offers patient assessment tools for the
pharmacist including consent forms, marketing material, back-end
patient communication, standard operating procedures, and
additional continuing education opportunities. Intellectual
property rights around the branding and naming of the MCMS are
owned by Pathway.
"We're very pleased to have the opportunity of working with
Metro Ontario Pharmacies as they roll out the MCMS program across
their pharmacy locations in Ontario. With the signing of this
agreement, Pathway Health currently has agreements with more than
2,000 pharmacy locations across Canada where we are assisting pharmacists and
pharmacy staff with education and training on medical cannabis, and
also by providing access to care for those pharmacy patients that
are determined to be good candidates for medical cannabis," stated
Ken Yoon, CEO of Pathway Health.
About Pathway Health
Pathway Health is an integrated
healthcare company that provides products and services to patients
suffering from chronic pain and related conditions. The Company
owns and operates nine community-based clinics across four
provinces where its team of health professionals work together to
help patients through a variety of evidence-based approaches and
products, including medical cannabis. Pathway Health's patient care
programs utilize an interdisciplinary approach that is guided by
trained pain specialists, physical and occupational therapists,
psychologists, nurses, and other healthcare providers. Pathway is
also the leading provider of medical cannabis services in
Canada and has established itself
as the leading partner with national and regional pharmacy
companies for the delivery of medical cannabis services to their
customers. The Company is working with several pharmacy companies
on the development of Cannabis Health Products (CHPs) for OTC
product distribution through retail pharmacy locations across the
country following anticipated changes to the Cannabis Act.
For more information, visit Pathway Health's website:
www.pathwayhealth.ca
SOURCE Pathway Health Corp.