Thursday, December 10, 2009

Missouri Hospital District receives USDA telepharmacy grant

The Scotland County Memorial Hospital District, serving Scotland and Schuyler Counties (Memphis area) in northeast Missouri received a $62,622 grant from the US Department of Agriculture, as 1 of 4 Missouri grant recipients from this year's USDA Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program:
This project will connect a hospital, two clinic and a phamacy. The primary purpose is telepharmacy. There will also be upgrades to the existing video-conferencing system which supports remote consultation.
Read the full report here (or Original PDF).

2 comments:

John O. said...

This seems to be the official news release from the USDA.

John O. said...

Here's a new media report with a quote from the pharmacist and a little bit more information.