Tuesday, July 06, 2010

MedCentre Remote Dispensing Machine to expand further in Canada, UK, and soon, USA?

PharmaTrust issued a press release today, announcing they were enabling all Ontario Telemedicine Network members to easily install and use their MedCentre dispensing machine. As a result, they got some good press on CBC News which relayed this tidbit:
[d]iscussions are continuing with about 30 health facilities, with six to 10 showing strong interest in adopting the new technology.
In an article late last month, CBCNews asked the Canadian public, "Drug vending machines: Would you use one?" in a(n unscientific) poll, to which they for the most part, surprisingly, answered NO:
Yes: 31% (410 Votes)
No: 69% (924 Votes)
See comments for their reasoning. The article also mentions:
PharmaTrust introduced the machines in Britain this week, already has three operating in Ontario and expects to have them in five U.S. states within a few months.
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Three of the machines are currently being tested in Ontario, two at Toronto's Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and one in the emergency room at Cambridge Memorial Hospital.

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