To this question the response was unanimous. Everyone extended an arm. To this just a couple of hands went up. These were the very questions Neupert said he asked himself while creating his online drugstore, which launched last year. This is especially true of the aging population, he added.
Consumers can also set up e-mail accounts where reminders to refill prescriptions are sent.
This is meaningful and proactive communication. The site does offer patients the option to buy lower-priced generic products, however. In terms of privacy and patient confidentiality, Neupert said there were no guarantees against inadvertent access or malicious misuse of information by hackers. And as far as the competency of pharmacists dispensing information goes, Neupert believes they are educated enough to give information but not prescribe medication, which is the doctor's domain. His e-store continuously updates data from doctors through fax and phone.