Urgent Care - Point-of-care Medication Dispensing

Point-of-care Medication Dispensing

Point-of-Care dispensing enables healthcare practitioners in the urgent care setting to ensure that their patients receive their prescription prior to leaving the clinic. To offer this service to patients, urgent care centers generally contract with a point-of-care dispensing corporation. Point of Care dispensing enables physicians (and in some states, other licensed healthcare practitioners) to dispense at urgent care facilities. Unlike a pharmacy, practitioners may only dispense to their own patients. Regulations regarding state pharmacy law vary from state to state. Dispensing by a healthcare practitioner is not legal or quite limited in certain states, such as Texas and New York.