It's been six years since the first telepharmacy in Texas opened up in the small town of Turkey, but only a few more have popped up since then, according to Texas Tech University, which says it is looking at ways to increase interest in telepharmacies.
Telepharmacies have real drug stores and allow customers to talk to a real person connected to a pharmacist by the Internet.
Don Turner, who runs the pharmacy in Turkey, says his clients are mostly elderly people who don't have access to transportation.
The nearest pharmacist to the town of 400 people is about 50 miles away.
Debbie Voyles, director of telemedicine at Texas Tech, says the school is now watching a telepharmacy program in North Dakota that started with 10 volunteer sites in 2002 and has grown to 67 locations.
Voyles says she's hoping to learn from North Dakota's success.
Texas is among at least nine states that have changed laws to allow for remote pharmacies.
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