Pharmacy Practice News – “More and More Pharmacists Are Virtual”
June 21, 2016
Virtual pharmacy, which enables an off-site pharmacist to provide real-time order verification and consultation virtually, began as a way to provide auxiliary hospital pharmacist coverage during off-peak hours—nights and weekends. But more hospital systems are using virtual pharmacists to free health system staff to practice at the top of their licenses.
In this article, read about two health systems — Catholic Health Initiatives and Dartmouth-Hitchcock — that offer telepharmacy to both their own hospitals and to outside facilities. Another benefit to the technology they have learned is that it not only frees up staff pharmacists to perform other duties, but it also can become a revenue generator for the health system.