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1. Telepharmacy
Puttamreddy.kavyasri
M.pharmacy (pharmaceutics)
MBcollage of pharmaceutical sciences,(MBU)
2023-2024

2. contents:
 How does telepharmacy work
 Types of telepharmacy models
01
what is telepharmacy ?
02
Advantages
04
Applications
03
Disadvanteges

3. what is telepharmacy ?
According to The national
association of boards of pharmacy’s (NABP)
the provision of pharmacist care by
registered pharmacies and parmacists
through the use of telecommunications or
other technologies to patients or their agents
at distances.
simple:
it is the application of telehealth
tecnology to pharmacy practice .

4. By eleborating NABP American Society of
health-system pharmacsts (ASHP) note
s that telepharmacy include:
 drug review monitoring
 dispensing
 verification of oral and steriale compounding
 patient assessment
 patient counseling
 medication therapy managemnt.
Qualified
pharmacist
•central location
•supervise
pharmacy
assistant or
pharmacy
technician
•in remote site
•dispencing of
pharmaceuticals
patients
• administration
according to
instructions
audio &
video links
fax&health
recors etc
technology
Telepharmacy :

5. Telepharmacy:
pharmacist
patient
Technology
Technology

6. Advantages:
 Access to healthcare
services
 Economic benifits
 Patient satisfaction
 Effective patient counseling
 Minimal scarcity of
pharmacists

7. Disadvantages:
 Pharmacy regulation laws
 Operational difficulties
 More time,effort and money
 Security
 Relucantance to use
 Continuity of care

8. How does telepharmcay work
?
• Greater acces of
pharmacist staff 24
hours.
• Central pharmacists
Large urban
center
• pharmacy(pharmacist)
or clinic(nurses)
Small rural
hospital • prescriptions
patients
Prescriptions
Fax,video phone systems,novel
software,automated dispensing
machine.
Review of prescriptions and
release to rural and labeling
scans the bar code to match the label
and attach the label the supply.
 The pharmacist at centeral end can
visually monitor the technician or
nurse’s work to ensure that the right
medication have been filled and
dispensed.

9. Types of telepharmacy models:
servisces:
 Filling prescritions
 Medication reviews
 Patient counseling
as like traditional pharmacy
Pharmacist at a central location upon
recieving drug order(electrically or by fax)
confirms the patient profile, conduucts
proper drug utilization review, and finally
instructs the ADM to release there
medication.
Hospital pharmacist in urban medical
center reviews processes and verifies the
prescriptions that are issued and
electrically sent from rural hospitals.
Prescriptions are prepared at
the central pharmacy and are
delivered to rural sites.

10. Telepharmacy applicatons
Hospitals and health systems:
 There is a great opportunity for hospitals to
take advantage of telepharmacy to better
serve patients.
 health syetems can provide acces to
specialists across the network by way of live
and interactive video counceling.
Retail independent
pharmacy
Mental health centers
over come
launguage barriers
effective patient councseling
speciality pharmacy

11. Reference:
• Drug delivery system book by pee ve
• Robinson, J. R., Lee V. H. L, Controlled Drug Delivery Systems, Marcel
Dekker,Inc., New York, 1992.
• S.P.Vyas and R.K.Khar, Controlled Drug Delivery - concepts and advances,
Vallabh Prakashan, New Delhi, First edition 2002