November/December 2008 - Ontario College of Pharmacists

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council report SEPTEMBER 2008 Council Approves 2009 Capital And Operating Budget At the September 2008 Council meeting, College Council voted in favour of approving the proposed capital and operating budget for 2009. The budget reflects the additional resources required to address the needs of an ever growing and complicated membership base. These include: • Diverse streams of technicians seeking regulation; • Increased scrutiny on entry to practice fairness; • HSIA (Health Systems Information Act) and its impact on complaints and adjudication; • Increased investigation demands; • Higher discipline case load; • Compliance costs for members’ liability insurance requirement; • Technology support for increasingly complex on-line services; • Call volume increases of 40%. Although there are no increases budgeted for annual fees for pharmacists or pharmacies or for accreditation or registration processes, there are some changes to the fee by-law. Effective January 1, 2009, annual fees for pharmacists electing into Part B of the Register will be reduced to half that of a Part A fee. In addition, anticipating that Pharmacy Technicians will commence registration with the College in 2009, the budget provides for Technician annual fees to be equal to two thirds that of Part A Pharmacist fees. There is also Approved 2009 Budget Summary Member Fees .............................$ 6,223,627 Pharmacy Fees ........................... $ 2,741,230 Health Profession Corporation. ...............$ 31,800 Registration Fees and Income. ................$ 878,169 Investment Income . ........................$ 230,000 Total Projected Revenue . ...............$10,104,826 Expenses Council, Committee & District Meetings ....... $ 2,805,518 College Administration. .................... $ 7,476,639 Property ..................................$ 267,459 Total Expenses . .......................$10,549,616 Excess of Revenue over Expenses ............. $ (444,790) Capital Expenditures. ...................... $ (150,000) Surplus (Deficit) after Capital ..........$ (594,790) a new fee for Reinstatement that will support changes to proposed entry to practice regulations. The projected excess of operating expenses over revenue of $445,000 and the IT capital spending of $150,000 is to be covered by accumulated reserves. Council noted that over the past several years, due to growth in membership, the College has accumulated reserves projected to exceed $4 million by year end 2008. As reported in previous years, the excess reserves were allocated for facilities to address the anticipated increase in space required to accommodate growth in staffing. Consultations are currently underway, facilitated by an outside Real Estate/Design firm; to determine how the current facilities owned and operated by the College could be reconfigured to increase the utility and efficiency. Accordingly, Council agreed to defer approval of a capital budget for building, leaseholds and furniture to December 2008. Council Approves Appointment Of Clarke Henning Llp As Auditors For 2008 In keeping with the Finance policy that external services be tested against the market every five years, the Financial and Audit services were taken to the market in the spring of this year. Following a comprehensive analysis, the Finance Committee recommended that the firm Clarke Henning LLP, Chartered Accountants, be appointed as Auditors for the College for the fiscal year 2008. The firm is registered with the Canadian Public Accountability Board and will be undertaking the financial audit, the required pension audit as well as the fairness audit. As well, Council noted that the appointment of Clarke Henning will result in a 30% cost saving in financial audit fees and the firm has committed to not raising their fees beyond the CPI for three years. pharmacyconnection • November/December 2008 9
council report Registration Regulations Ratified As required under subsection 95 (1.4) of the Health Professions Procedural Code, and as directed by Council at the June 2008 meeting, a consultation process was initiated with stakeholders on the Proposed Registration Regulation. Feedback was requested from the members, certified pharmacy technicians, regulatory organizations, national and provincial pharmacy and pharmacy technician associations, and the Office of the Fairness Commissioner. The College received feedback from a small number of individuals and from those regulatory authorities and organizations most directly concerned with the Regulation (e.g. Office of the Fairness Commissioner, Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada, Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs). The College carefully considered all feedback that was received prior to the Council meeting and, although no material changes were made, the consultation resulted in some changes to ensure clarity of the original intent. The ratified regulations can be found on the College’s website (www.ocpinfo.com). Comments or questions about the changes are welcome and may be directed to Susan James (sjames@ocpinfo.com) Council Ratifies Issuance And Renewal Regulations Following Council’s consideration and preliminary approval of the proposed regulation under the Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act providing for the issuance of, suspension, revocation, expiration or renewal of Certificates of Accreditation, the regulation was circulated to members for comment. Following receipt of responses from organizations such as the Ontario Pharmacists’ Association and the Ontario branch of the Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores as well as from corporations owning pharmacies in Ontario, the College held a meeting with the respondents to provide clarification of the College’s purpose and intent as well as to further understand their concerns. As a result of this meeting, several changes were made to the proposed regulation and Council ratified the regulations which can be found on the College’s website www.ocpinfo. com. Council noted that College processes respecting these matters have yet to be defined and that appropriate Committees will be tasked to deal with specific details. E-Health In Ontario Council heard a presentation by Mr. Doug Tessier and Mr. Nick Zamora on Ontario’s e-health program. The Program objective is to help ensure that information and information technology are used to improve and modernize Ontario’s health care system, and to improve the quality of, and access to, health care services. Four immediate priorities were highlighted in the presentation and Council was particularly pleased to note that members of this College are well-placed to play an active and integral role in the Ministry’s e-health initiatives as noted below: Ontario Diabetes Registry • Comprehensive tool for diabetes management and self-care • Accessible to providers, case managers, patients and their families to support health promotion, disease prevention and better care • Provides information to health planners, LHINs and system stewards to enhance system management Portals/Integrated Clinical View • Integrates patient information from different clinical systems – Labs, Drugs, Diagnostic Imaging, Public Health • Provides a single access point for to securely view a patient’s clinical results • Builds upon current electronic medical record systems in physician offices and EHR repositories, including eCHN e-Prescribing and Drug Systems • Provides complete drug history and dispensing information ensuring appropriate prescribing and improved patient safety • Provides drug interaction tools for providers and ensures accurate and complete information for dispensing EMR/Computers for Physicians • Development of a program to support the funding and distribution of computers to Ontario Physicians • Multiple models to match the different needs of Ontario Physicians • Linked to performance and outcome aligned with other health system priorities Support For Blueprint For Pharmacy Following the launch at the CPhA conference in June 2008, the Blueprint for Pharmacy – the Vision for Pharmacy document was distributed to all national and provincial pharmacy organizations, faculties of pharmacy and corporate pharmacy head offices. The 10 pharmacyconnection • November/December 2008
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