VIPPS-Certified Online Pharmacies Total 13

With the addition of http://www.accuratepharmacy.com/ and http://www.emd.com/, there are now a total of 13 online pharmacy sites that have earned Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites™ (VIPPS™) certification.

Accurate Medical Equipment & Supply Co, Inc, a privately owned pharmacy and durable medical equipment (DME) company, launched http://www.accuratepharmacy.com/ in June 2000. The full-service site offers pharmaceuticals (specializing in unit dose bronchodilators and TPN therapy), oxygen and respiratory therapy products, DME, an on-staff respiratory therapist to answer questions on respiratory care, and diabetic supplies.

Also VIPPS certified, eMD.com, a business-to-business Internet health care subsidiary of BioShield Technologies, Inc, offers consumers online prescription fulfillment and provides clinical services to manage medication compliance associated primarily with chronic disease states. The online pharmacy is licensed in 46 states and has 80 managed care contracts associated with more than 170 million patients. The site's password-protected medication management and charting application includes electronic prescribing, online medical charting, drug fulfillment by the patient's chosen pharmacy, and clinical care services such as monitoring chronic disease patients for prescription compliance.

As VIPPS-certified sites, accuratepharmacy.com and eMD.com may display the VIPPS hyperlink seal of approval on their Web sites. By clicking on the VIPPS seal, consumers will be able to find the verified information they need to make informed decisions regarding their choice of online pharmacies. Consumers may also access the VIPPS database directly via NABP's Web site at www.nabp.net.

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