ASHP guidelines on remote medication order processing.

ASHP Expert Panel on Remote Medication Order Processing; Bruce Thompson; Greg Conrad; Michael O. Gum; John M. Kessler; Tim Larson; Dallas Moore; Kelly Morrison; Mickey Price

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ASHP guidelines on remote medication order processing.

July 7, 2010

Processing ASHPEP on RMO, Thompson B, Conrad G, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2010;67(8):672-7.

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This piece provides guidelines from an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) initiative to develop policies and procedures for safe remote medication order processing (RMOP).

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