TelePharm is head and shoulders above any other telepharmacy product that we have looked at. TelePharm will be a key building block to growing our business.
Brett Barker, PharmD
Vice President of Operations, NuCara Pharmacy
I have been extremely impressed with how easy and fast everything is. It’s very user friendly and extremely intuitive. They’ve been able to make it so that just about anybody can figure out how to do it with just a couple clicks and a very small tutorial.
Jake Olson, PharmD
Owner, Skywalk Pharmacy
Currently, we are trying to open more locations. Any new pharmacies we open will definitely start as a telepharmacy. No question.
Rachit Shah, RPh
Owner, SureCare Pharmacy
In terms of being a pharmacy owner, telepharmacy is like a dream come true. The business model is fantastic!
Dave Falk
Owner, Sav Mor Pharmacy
Telepharmacy, or remote pharmacy, is the way to go. With reimbursements going down, it’s a good idea to go with telepharmacy.
Tushar Mehta, RPh
Owner, Broadway Ave Pharmacy
Telepharmacy helps create a new patient-pharmacist relationship that wasn’t possible before. I highly recommend retail telepharmacy to any pharmacy owners or pharmacists.
Angela Falk, PharmD
Pharmacist, Sav Mor Pharmacy
Tushar Mehta, pharmacist, owner of Broadway Ave and Addison Pharmacy, wanted to expand his pharmacy operation. He knew of a clinic that could benefit from having an on-site pharmacy, but he also knew that prescription volume plays a major role in supporting a new location. Without knowing what volumes would look like, how could Tushar ensure he opened a successful pharmacy inside the clinic? This presented a challenge.
“If you don’t have the volume then you can’t sustain the pharmacist’s payroll, as well as the whole pharmacy,” he said, speaking about why he went the telepharmacy route. “But if you have a remote location which a technician works at, you can sustain your payroll, your drug costs remains the same, your level of service remains the same because of video counseling — I think that makes a lot of difference.”
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Tushar opened a telepharmacy inside of a clinic in order to provide convenient dispensing at the point of care. The clinic plus telepharmacy model is not only convenient for patients, but it’s proven to be a good strategy to capture new patients before they leave their physician’s office.
“The software itself is very good,” he said. “It allows us to do what’s necessary by state. My techs don’t complain, my pharmacists don’t complain — but more than that it does what’s required by law.”
According to Tushar, their telepharmacy has been a success.
“Remote pharmacy is the way to go,” he said. “Tougher and tougher regulations and with reimbursements going so much lower, it is probably a good idea to go with remote pharmacies (telepharmacy).”
“The convenience factor is a big deal,” he mentioned when speaking about improving patient outcomes. “If that patient wasn’t able to access the pharmacy that prescription probably wouldn’t have been filled. I think compliance increases. I think the children are cured or the adults are cured more often.”
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