Abstract
The Navy Bureau of Medicine’s investment in telepharmacy is giving isolated Navy pharmacy technicians real-time access to a pharmacist—in some cases, for the first time ever. Navy Medicine’s telepharmacy project was undertaken to meet the Joint Commission’s requirements for prospective pharmacist review of outpatient prescriptions, said Lieutenant Commander Marc Young, program manager for the project. The telepharmacy system, by ScriptPro of Mission, Kansas, provides an audio-and-video link between pharmacist-staffed sites and remote pharmacies. Through the link, a pharmacist can view the original prescription and critical dispensing steps, speak with the pharmacy technician, and counsel patients when they pick up medications. Telepharmacy was examined as an alternative to other options for Joint Commission compliance, including hiring pharmacists to staff all Navy pharmacy sites. Young said the Navy competes with the private sector to hire pharmacists, and both are affected by the current shortage of pharmacists. As of May, the Navy had...
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