Dealing with pharmacies can be difficult. Prescription changes and health insurance bureaucracy leads to general inefficiency. Ultimately, this can greatly increase the trouble in moving medicine into the hands of the patient. Especially when ordering prescriptions for clients on a large scale, the amount of time involved can be devastating. Back and forth phone calls, prescription faxing, and inconsistency can lead to a nightmare of paperwork and delay.Recently, however, a new on- site prescription delivering machine has allowed for greater ease in distribution, helping a nursing home save $10,000 dollars over a trial six week period. With nursing home supplies being distributed on a larger scale it seems natural that pharmaceuticals become more easily dispensed. This machine, and others like it, could lead to a revolution in the dispensation of pills, saving time and money for all of those involved.
The Texas based company that makes this machine, OnSiteRX, is promoting its dispensers to facilitate the nursing home supply industry’s usage of prescription pills. In the meantime, the socialization of health care may lead to even more bureaucracy and paperwork. Whether it’s greater ease in distributing medical supplies or nursing home supplies, here’s hoping for the future!
