Telepharmacy involves delivering pharmaceutical care via telecommunications to patients who lack direct access to pharmacists. It allows connection of rural healthcare sites to urban pharmacies. Telepharmacy services include prescription review by pharmacists, guidance to rural technicians, and patient counseling. The objectives are to improve access to care for underserved populations, reduce travel costs and time, and allow for remote monitoring and counseling. While it provides economic and access benefits, telepharmacy also faces challenges regarding security, operations, and acceptance of new technologies.

1. DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM
TELEPHARMACY
Submitted by:
S.PRIYADHARSAN., M.PHARM 1st SEMESTER
DEPT OF PHARMACEUTICS
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2. INTRODUCTION
• Telepharmacy is the delivery of pharmaceutical care via
telecommunications to patients have in locations where they may not have
direct contact with a pharmacist.
• Telepharmacy services include drug therapy monitoring, patient
counselling with the aid of teleconferencing or video conferencing.
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4. OBJECTIVES OF TELEPHARMACY
• To make high quality healthcare available to traditionally under privileged
population.
• To save the time wasted by both the health care provider and patients in
travelling.
• Case monitoring , home care and remote critical care.
• Reduce the cost of medical care.
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5. HOW DOES TELEPHARMACY
WORKS?
• Connection of rural healthcare service to urban having greater access to pharmacy
staff.
• Videophone system, novel software and automated dispensing machines(ADMs).
• Pharmacy technician or nurses at rural site are mediator.
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• Communication to pharmacist and prescription review.
• Guidance to rural site pharmacy technician.
• Automated dispensing machine.
• Central pharmacist monitor the technician.
• Patient counselling.
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9. INVOLVEMENT OF PHARMACIST:
• Active role.
• Ensure high quality care.
• Decrease in adverse drug events decrease medication errors, cost, and
chances of treatment failures.
• Primary healthcare provider in pharmacy services.
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10. ADVANTAGES:
• Easy access to healthcare services.
• Economic benefits ( travel time , expenses).
• Patient's satisfaction.
• Effective patient counselling.
• Minimal scarcity of pharmacist.
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11. DISADVANTAGES:
• Security.
• Operational difficulties.
• More time efforts and money.
• Reluctance to use technologies.
• Medication errors.
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12. CONCLUSION
• Rural residents and communities lack easy access to healthcare services
often due to geographical and demographical factors.
• Telepharmacy holds significant promise as a technology to improve access
to pharmaceutical care for people living in rural and remote communities.
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13. REFERENCE
• Kimber MB, Peterson GM. Telepharmacy - enabling technology to
provide quality pharmacy services in rural and remote communities. J
Pharmacy Practice Res 2006;36(2):128-133.
• Zundel KM. Telemedicine: history, applications, and impact on
librarianship. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1996;84(1):71.
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14. THANKYOU
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