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TELEPHARMACY RULES AND STATUTES: A 50-STATE SURVEY
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TELEPHARMACY RULES AND STATUTES: A 50-STATE SURVEY

GEORGE Tzanetakos, FRED Ullrich and KEITH Mueller
American journal of medical research (New York, N.Y.), Vol.5(2), pp.7-23
2018
DOI: 10.22381/AJMR5220181
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https://doi.org/10.22381/AJMR5220181View
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Abstract

There has been a significant decline in the number of independently owned rural pharmacies serving non-metropolitan areas, thereby limiting access to pharmaceutical services for rural residents, particularly for those most vulnerable and in need of these services. The use of telepharmacy is one potential solution to this problem. Telepharmacies deliver pharmaceutical care to outpatients at a distance via telecommunication and other advanced technologies. This study identifies rules and laws enacted by states authorizing the use of community telepharmacy initiatives within their respective jurisdictions. As of August 2016, the use of telepharmacy was authorized, in varying capacities, in 23 states (46%). Pilot program development that could apply to telepharmacy initiatives was authorized by six states (12%). Waivers to administrative or legislative pharmacy practice requirements that could allow for telepharmacy initiatives were permitted in five states (10%). Nearly one-third of the states (16, or 32%) did not authorize the use of telepharmacy, nor did they authorize the pursuit of telepharmacy initiatives via pilot programs or waivers.
 Health and medicine and law

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