Telepharmacy project expands across the country

September 17, 2008

By: Bloomington Pantagraph

proven this thing,” Peterson said.The first telepharmacy in Texas opened in 2002 in the town of Turkey, but only a few more have popped up since then, said Debbie Voyles, director of telemedicine at Texas Tech University.“Where there are no pharmacies, there are no doctors,” she said. “Patients have to travel to see the doctors, so it’s no big deal to them to have to pick up the prescriptions.”Th