Patients refilling their prescriptions at a Giant Foods store in Reston, Va., can pick them up even when the grocery's pharmacy is not open. That's because the Landover, Md.-based chain has implemented a kiosk at the store for patients to use to pick up prescriptions.
Patients can request to use the ScriptCenter kiosk from San Diego-based Asteres Inc. by filling out a registration form. Then after they order their prescription refills, Giant Food pharmacists place the refill into a bar-coded bag and load it the kiosk.
Patients can receive their prescription by entering on the kiosk a username and password given to them during registration. The kiosk then validates their prescription from the ones that have been loaded into it. It also prompts patients to swipe a debit or credit card, processes the payment, then delivers the prescription into a bin in the front of the device that opens for the patient.
For more information, go to asteres.com.
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