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With the amount of responsibility today’s Airmen face, the 86th Medical Group will introduce a way to relieve some of the everyday hassles and inconveniences.
The 86th MDG is scheduled to open up the first ScriptCenter, a prescription refill pick-up machine, at the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center Tuesday. Open to all active-duty, dependents, retirees and all eligible Department of Defense ID cardholders, the machine is a safe, secure and easy way to get prescriptions faster.
“The member has the option to log on using a fingerprint or PIN number,” said Maj. Chrystal Price, 86th MDG chief of pharmacy services. “But you can also use your ID as an alternative.”
Although this is a new process for Ramstein, a lot of the procedures are the same.
“The customer will still have to call the audiocare line,” Major Price said. “You will have the option to select ScriptCenter, KMCC or the clinic.”
About the size of two vending machines, the ScriptCenter does not carry any liquids or controlled or refrigerated substances. And not only will the refill machine cut back on wait time, but it is also in a prime spot for customers. Members must also have their refill prescription number to get their medication, Major Price said.
“The machine is above the billeting in the KMCC, so that allows for it to be open 24/7,” she added. “We are giving patients an alternate way to pick up their medications. A lot of the time, customers can only come to the pharmacy during their lunch hours or after work, and that can be a hassle.”
Along with cutting back the wait time, the ScriptCenter also keeps healthy and sick patients away from each other.
“If you only have to come in to get a refill, you have to be around those patients who are sick waiting to pick up their medicine,” the major said. “Now, the customer can avoid that completely by picking up their refills at the KMCC.”
And, though the refill machine can hold 490 prescriptions at once, customers only have seven duty-days to pick up their prescriptions once they call in their refill.
The ribbon cutting ceremony is slated to begin at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.
