MedCentre Prescription Kiosk ATM-Like Machines May Give Pharmacies Some Competition in the UK – Installed at 5 Hospitals in the UK

There are 340 medications stored inside and the machine does the filling of the script and the tele-pharmacist verifies the machine's calculations before giving the ok. So far the machine has not made any mistakes.

I wrote about the company from Canada back in March of 2009 and additional details are at the link below.

The Prescription Kiosk (ATM) Machine – A Visit with a Tele-Pharmacist

The UK is already going through new major changes in restructuring the NHS so this may also be a part of the deal as 5 hospitals are piloting the effort. This also gives hospitals a chance to make some extra income too.

When customers insert their prescription, the ATM-like machine takes a high-resolution photograph of both sides and transmits them to a pharmacist waiting in a call center. BD

The MedCentre Machines are on trial and have been put in five hospitals, however, there are concerns among chemists in UK as such an invention could shut down their businesses and force them to layoff staff.