Navy to implement world's largest telepharmacy

Thanks to FierceHealthIT for catching this announcement. It has huge implications on the retail pharmacy business in the US. The Navy will demonstrate that they can take pharmacists in a central location and have them check prescriptions at remote pharmacies around the world. My guess is businesses like Walgreen's or Wal-Mart are waiting for approvals to do something similar. Operating pharmacies without having to staff a pharmacist in the physical location could be a huge cost savings, especially in low volume pharmacies. It will be very interesting to see where Class A pharmacies are able to take this.

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