Implementation of a telepharmacy service to provide round-the-clock medication order review by pharmacists.

Douglas S. Wakefield; Marcia M. Ward; Jean L. Loes; John O’Brien; Leevon Sperry

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Implementation of a telepharmacy service to provide round-the-clock medication order review by pharmacists.

December 15, 2010

Wakefield DS, Ward MM, Loes JL, et al. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 2010;67(23).

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This case study describes the implementation of a health information technology–based solution to enable 24-hour remote pharmacist review of medication orders.

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