Patients choose urgent care because they want fast, convenient treatment and a quick return to their day. On-site medication dispensing extends that promise through the last step of the visit. Instead of sending an ailing patient across town to wait at a retail pharmacy, your clinic hands over the medication at checkout, and both the treatment and the prescription are finished in a single stop.
One visit, everything handled
Urgent care patients value speed and convenience, and the pharmacy errand at the end of an appointment is often the part they dread most. When your clinic dispenses on-site, patients leave with their medication in hand and clear instructions from the provider who treated them. That completes the episode of care in one visit, improves patient satisfaction, and builds the retention and word-of-mouth referrals that matter in a market too often defined by long waits and impersonal service.
Competitive prices with room for margin
PharmaLink supplies a wide variety of urgent care medications in low-cost generic form. Your clinic sets its own prices, so you can earn a profit on each dispense while keeping the patient’s cost competitive with a typical pharmacy copay or cash price. Patients tend to weigh speed and convenience over savings when they are sick, but with on-site dispensing most urgent care clinics can deliver all three.
A formulary built for acute care
The medications urgent care providers dispense most are everyday generics: antibiotics such as amoxicillin, cephalexin, and ciprofloxacin; cough and nausea treatments such as benzonatate, promethazine, and ondansetron; anti-inflammatories and muscle relaxants such as ibuprofen, meloxicam, and cyclobenzaprine; and short-course medications such as prednisone. The software is supplier-neutral, so if a medication belongs in your dispensary, it can be tracked and dispensed through PharmaLink whoever you buy it from. Restocking is simple, too, with low-stock alerts based on your actual dispensing volume.
Compliance without the paperwork
If you dispense DEA controlled medications, PharmaLink files your PDMP reports automatically in every state where we operate. Your staff dispenses, and the reporting happens behind the scenes, letting your team focus on patients rather than compliance requirements. Our PDMP reporting requirements guide covers the rules in your state.
Built for the pace of urgent care
A dispense takes 15 to 30 seconds in PharmaLink’s software, so the workflow keeps up with your patient volume even on the busiest days. New clinics can be set up in as little as 3 business days with our dispensing software, which covers software, equipment, and training. PharmaLink has supported dispensing practices since 2007, and our team stays with you after launch to keep the program running smoothly.
Get started
Contact us with any questions, or to begin dispensing medications at your urgent care clinic.