Telepharmacy Services

Drug Store News: Telepharmacy takes pharmacists online off-site - "In what are being described as advanced stages of pilots, pharmacy operators in retail and clinical-settings, as well as health care professionals working in urgent care facilities, emergency rooms and doctor's offices, are testing the automated delivery of prescription medications to patients." <small>(August, 2003)</small>
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3374/is_10_25/ai_108969719

TTU Health Science Center Analysis of Potential Telepharmacy Sites in Rural Areas of Texas, 2002 - Map of telepharmacy candidates, remote clinic candidates, existing institutional or community pharmacies, 10-mile buffers around rural pharmacies, counties in metropolitan statistical areas, counties outside MSAs, major highways, and health science center service limits. [PDF]
http://www.gis.ttu.edu/arch/PDFs/Telepharmacy.pdf

North Dakota Telepharmacy Project - Through the North Dakota Telepharmacy Project, a licensed pharmacist at a central pharmacy site supervises a registered pharmacy technician at a remote telepharmacy site through the use of video conferencing technology.
http://telepharmacy.ndsu.nodak.edu/

IngentaConnect: Can telepharmacy provide pharmacy services in the bush? - Journal article reports on a six-month study of videophone usage to provide pharmacy services in the remote areas of Australia. <small>(September, 2003)</small>
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/rsm/jtt/2003/00000009/A00206s2/art00015

Telemedicine Report: Telepharmacy project expands students' practice experience - Newsletter article: "Pharmacy students at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock are now learning about telemedicine as a tool to deliver pharmacy services to a rural community." [PDF] <small>(January, 2004)</small>
http://www.ttuhsc.edu/telemedicine/Telereports/Jan%202004.pdf