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PENSACOLA, Fla. - Naval Hospital Pensacola’s Pharmacy is now accepting electronic prescriptions from civilian doctors for TRICARE beneficiaries.
The new electronic prescription process is not just limited to NHP, but is being implemented in most military pharmacies nationwide.
An electronic prescription is a computer generated prescription sent by a health care provider through a private, secure and closed network to a pharmacy. The prescriptions are not sent through the Internet or as an email, so a patient’s personal information is safe. Electronic prescriptions can also reduce prescription errors.
“The electronic prescription process can potentially reduce transcription errors that can occur with trying to read hand-written prescriptions, which will improve patient safety,” said Cmdr. Ben Schwartz, department head, NHP Pharmacy.
To take advantage of the electronic prescriptions process, TRICARE beneficiaries seen by a civilian provider should ask the provider to look up the NHP Pharmacy in the e-prescribing database that all providers use to enter prescriptions. Once entered by the provider, prescriptions can be picked up at either the NHP Pharmacy or the hospital’s Corry Station Satellite Pharmacy next to the Commissary. Beneficiaries should also advise the pharmacy that their prescription was sent electronically when they arrive to pick it up.
Beneficiaries cannot use the electronic prescriptions system for controlled substances. Those prescriptions must still have a hand-written order. The system can also not be used for medications not carried by NHP’s Pharmacy. TRICARE beneficiaries can still fill those prescriptions at a TRICARE network pharmacy or by using the TRICARE mail-order system. For more information on the mail-order system, please visit www.TRICARE.mil.
For questions about the electronic prescription process, please call the NHP Pharmacy at 850-505-6640.
| Date Taken: | 01.16.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 01.16.2015 16:15 |
| Story ID: | 152183 |
| Location: | PENSACOLA, FL, US |
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