I A C P P H A R M A C Y P R O F I L E Part of theCommunity by Rich Moon, PharmD, FIACP Rosemarie “Roses” Stewart, BSP, front row center After five minutes of chatting with IACP Board requirements, she wound up with the first drive- Member Rosemarie “Roses” Stewart, BSP*, thru availability in the province. Her new facility one can tell that she has a real passion for helping also was the first in the province to have a people. That passion led Roses to buy a small dedicated compounding lab. Roses incorporated pharmacy in a medical center in 1994 in Prince a private pharmaceutical consulting room and Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada.The original owner other amenities. of Summit Pharmacy did not do much marketing, That is not nearly the end of the pharmacy’s and simply putting balloons up outside her growth story. pharmacy drew needed attention to the business. While starting out with regular legend drug Roses and her family recently completed dispensing, after several conferences, Roses construction of a 20,000-square-foot facility, began a community customized medication attached to the medical center where she started. practice to complement her other services. The building has room for an emergency center,and currently houses a chiropractor office.The pharmacy After renaming the pharmacy more to her liking, occupies about one quarter of the total space in the Roses quickly outgrew the 300-square-foot facility building. The staff made a couple of high quality and moved to a larger 1000-square-foot place videos,one of which is viewable here.The pharmacy that would become Victoria Square Compounding has a staff of approximately 15 people, and has Pharmacy. Here she could start to really grow her included at one point one of Roses’ sons who chose practice. Roses’ one requirement was a drive-thru to follow in her pharmacy footsteps. for her disabled clients and young parents. After convincing the government representatives that Pain management and palliative care were the she could effectively fulfill her counseling initial starts for Roses’ consulting practice. As her 8 I A C P C U S T O M Rx C O N N E C T I O N I A C P R X . O R G
Custom Rx Connection August 2012
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