Missouri USDA Funds Rural Hospital District's Telepharmacy Program

Last month, the Rural Development division of the Missouri USDA announced funding for telecommunications, distance learning and telemedicine projects in the state. Among those was:

Citizens Memorial Hospital District, in the southwest Missouri community of Bolivar, received $457,500 for implementing a telemedicine program that centralizes the management of medications. The tele-pharmacy allows rural residents to connect to a pharmacist during evening hours and from remote locations and computerizes the management of prescriptions which greatly improves the timely review of medication orders plus generally improves the efficiencies in all aspects of a pharmacy operation.

Several other telehealth grants were awarded but they didn't specifically mention whether their projects included anything pharmacy specific.

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).

US Army seeks bids for Telepharmacy maintenance in Missouri

The Office of US Army Medical Command is soliciting bids for maintaining Telepharmacy equipment for a Robotic dispensing system for the General Leonard Wood Army Hospital in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri:

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

1. SCOPE OF WORK: Contractor shall provide all labor, supplies, tools, material, transportation, parts, and equipment to perform Preventive Maintenance (PM), Calibration/Verification/ Certification (CVC), to maintain the Telepharmacy Robotics. This includes unlimited telephonic assistance and unlimited on-site maintenance repairs. The equipment is located in the Pharmacy, General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital (GLWACH), 126 Missouri Avenue, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, 65473.

They will use the lowest cost provider that meets the technical specifications. Bids are due by July 16^th.