Through the North Dakota Telepharmacy Project, a licensed pharmacist at a central pharmacy site supervises a registered pharmacy technician at a remote telepharmacy site through the use of video conferencing technology.

Newsletter article: "Pharmacy students at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock are now learning about telemedicine as a tool to deliver pharmacy services to a rural community."

Map of telepharmacy candidates, remote clinic candidates, existing institutional or community pharmacies, 10-mile buffers around rural pharmacies, counties in metropolitan statistical areas, counties outside MSAs, major highways, and health science center service limits.

"In what are being described as advanced stages of pilots, pharmacy operators in retail and clinical-settings, as well as health care professionals working in urgent care facilities, emergency rooms and doctor's offices, are testing the automated delivery of prescription medications to patients."

Journal article reports on a six-month study of videophone usage to provide pharmacy services in the remote areas of Australia.