how do pharmacies work? Do they just have every kind of medication at all time? How is a prescription ready within an hour?
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Doctor e-prescribes drug, pharmacy receives prescription, pharmacy tech completes order entry to select drug product dispensed/type directions/bill insurance or cash pay for prescription, pharmacist verifies prescription order entry from tech and reviews patient clinicals in pharmacy software +- EMR for appropriateness, technician completes fulfillment of prescription, pharmacist does final check to ensure correct drug product/quantity packaged.
Pharmacies stock 80% of what is typically dispensed on hand based on appropriate rotating inventory practices. Other items need to be ordered in from drug wholesalers, which deliver daily.
Pharmacies work on a queue to process prescriptions based on FIFO and automatic refills. If patients call, they typically bump these prescriptions ahead in the queue to get them ready.
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