Dr. Charles F. Seifert This is Me

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1. 1. tie.telemed.org

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   Published on: 12/8/2007   Last Visited: 12/8/2007

   "Students review various operating models that utilize telemedicine technology, such as primary to specialty care, low and mid-level provider to primary and specialty care, correctional and geriatric care," says Chuck Seifert, PharmD, regional dean for the TTUHSC School of Pharmacy in Lubbock.

2. 2. Service Provider News

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   Published on: 4/5/2006   Last Visited: 4/26/2006

   Charles F. Seifert, Pharm.D., regional dean for the School of Pharmacy in Lubbock, said the school is the first in the United States that requires a telepharmacy and a rural clerkship.
   
   "Telepharmacy provides the opportunity for pharmacists to work together with physicians and other health care providers, and gives them a first-hand view of the needs of rural communities," Seifert said.
   
   He added that the telepharmacy project in many ways could provide a higher quality of care for the rural residents. "With this project, the pharmacist has the patient's medical records present and can provide an improved evaluation of the patient's regimen, as well as answer any questions the patient may have regarding their medications," said Seifert.

3. 3. Rural Health News, Fall 2002

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   Published on: 10/1/2002   Last Visited: 1/9/2008

   Dr. Charles Seifert, Regional Dean for Lubbock Programs, at the Texas Tech University School of Pharmacy, is a fan of the idea.
   
   "Pay for the pharmaceutical services, and let the patients get the drugs wherever they can get them cheapest-internet, mail order, etc."
   
   According to Seifert, such a plan would more than pay for itself since every dollar spent on advanced clinical pharmacy services saves some 16 dollars.
   
   SIDEBAR - Pharmacy by Phone
   
   Students in the Texas Tech University School of Pharmacy soon will experience some of the realities of rural pharmacy practice. At the same time, they will help people in remote rural areas get access to pharmaceutical care.
   
   According to Dr. Charles Seifert, Regional Dean for Lubbock Programs at the school, there are several small tele-pharmacy projects around the country. Tech's, however, will be the first in the country to involve students in training and one of only two that requires a rural clerkship.
   
   The program will result in 17 fourth-year pharmacy students spending one week of their six-week rural clerkship doing and learning tele-pharmacy. Students will spend one day in a doctor's office, one day at the central pharmacy, and three days at a remote site.
   
   "When you get the students out to those small communities," said Seifert, "they see some really good things-drug interactions, untreated disease states-it's really a study in itself."
   
   Two of the goals of the program are to have students on all the Tech campuses involved in tele-pharmacy, and to attract people into rural health care by giving them a way to do it without having to move out there.
   
   As for the scope of services offered, Seifert envisions two-way video consultations between doctors, patients, and pharmacists. "We want to use it for a lot more than just the remote filling of prescriptions," he said.
   
   That philosophy fits in with the paradigm shift in pharmacy that Seifert sees coming, and thinks necessary. Advanced training will be critical, he said, as technology and everything else becomes more sophisticated.