Dispensing medication

Free clinics concerned about new rules By Mary Wade Burnside Times West Virginian FAIRMONT — Currently, patients who receive care at Milan Puskar Health Right in Morgantown can be seen by a doctor and go home with a prescription to treat whatever illness brought them there, whether it be an acute sickness like a sinus infection that requires an antibiotic or a chronic condition such as diabetes. Although the clinic does not have a pharmacist, the doctor who sees the patient — who must be uninsured and low income — can prescribe and dispense the medication. “If they are our patient and they come in and the prescription is written by our provider who is on site, then the prescription would go over to the med room and the pharmacy technicians would fill the order as written by the provider, and the patient would get it right... [read full story]