Presented By:

*Dulinen, Delvey
*Obrador, Cora Glaisa
*Gamatan, Marianne Angelica *Pablo,
Marjorie

TELEPHARMACY
The provision of
pharmaceutical care through
the use of telecommunications
and information technologies
to patients at a distance.
-The National Association of
Boards of Pharmacy

HISTORY
1942
It has been in used by

Australia's Royal Flying Doctor

Service.
Medical chests containing
medications and equipment
are placed in remote
communities

Medications commonly
administered:
Antibiotics
Analgesics
Gastrointetinal

medications

2000
Implementation of

Telepharmacy in the United

States began.

2001
North Dakota passed the

regulations allowing retail

pharmacies to operate
without requiring a
pharmacist to be physically
present.

2010
Mannings Drugstores became

the first in Hong Kong to use

videoconferencing

2013
Remote dispensing machines were being used in:

Bahrain

Belgium
Cuba
England
Germany

Guam
Italy
Japan
Spain
Venezuela

According to:
Maxor National Pharmacy
Services

USES
Drug therapy monitoring
Patient counseling
Authorization for prescription

drugs
Videoconferencing

Steps on How
To Use It
Patient takes their

prescription to their local

telepharmacy and gives it to
the registered pharmacy
technician.

The pharmacist checks the patients

medication profile for drug

interactions via videoconferencing
equipment.
Once the pharmacist has approved

the prescription, the pharmacy

technician brings the patient to a
private
consultation
room
for
counseling.

ADVANTAGES:
Provides much-needed

consultation for patients living

in remote / rural areas
Highly cost-effective
Customer satisfaction

 Can save money

Uses the skill of one

pharmacist for multiple sites;

and
Can eliminate underused
inventory in rural setting.

DISADVANTAGES:
Lack of complete control in

dispensing medications for

patients; and
Illegal dispensing by
pharmacy technicians.

HOW IT REDUCES HUMAN

ERROR
The design of the medication

dispensing process
Introduction of monitoring
methods
Verification and
videocounselling software

SOURCES
http://www.ndsu.edu/telepharmacy/how_telepharmacy_works/
http://www.healthtechnica.com/blogsphere/2010/07/12/tele-

pharmacy-advantages-and-disadvantages/#sthash.OUMCVEar.dpuf
http://medicationreview.com/why-telepharmacy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telepharmacy
http://www.pharmacytimes.com/publications/issue/2007/200702/2007-02-6296
http://www.uspharmacist.com/content/d/health_systems/c/12633/#sth
ash.FFOhwUa8.dpuf
http://www.telehealthresourcecenter.org/toolbox-module/onlineprescribing-and-telepharmacy
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/telepharm
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2013/rpt/2013-R-0423.htm
http://www.usmedicine.com/2014-issues/vha-seeks-to-expandtelepharmacys-reach-in-2014/

THANK YOU!