Specialists Warn Against Fragmented Care via Online Pharmacies

As drugmakers push direct, online sales, experts warn about comprehensive medical review, unclear liability, and dismantling care coordination by pharmacists.
Specialists Warn Against Fragmented Care via Online Pharmacies
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While online sales have already revolutionized shopping and made countless products available with a mouse click and a credit card, it took the societal shock of the COVID-19 pandemic to mainstream online health care entirely.

Now, one drugmaker is capitalizing on the telehealth trend by offering patients direct home delivery of medications, bypassing brick-and-mortar pharmacies and even doctor visits in some cases.

George Citroner
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George Citroner reports on health and medicine, covering topics that include cancer, infectious diseases, and neurodegenerative conditions. He was awarded the Media Orthopaedic Reporting Excellence (MORE) award in 2020 for a story on osteoporosis risk in men.
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